13.4.2 Data to be collected during troubleshooting in a Linux environment
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Log information about the OS
The following OS-related information must be collected:
Type of information |
Overview |
Default file name |
Collected by the jpcras command? |
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System log |
syslog |
/var/log/messages* |
Y# |
Process information |
List of processes |
N/A |
Y |
System file |
hosts file |
/etc/hosts |
Y |
services file |
/etc/services |
Y |
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OS information |
Patch information |
N/A |
Y |
Kernel information |
N/A |
Y |
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Version information |
N/A |
Y |
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Network status |
N/A |
Y |
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Environment variable |
N/A |
Y |
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Host name |
N/A |
Y |
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Dump information |
core file |
N/A |
Y |
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Y: Can be collected.
N/A: Not applicable.
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The information cannot be collected if the system is set to output the information to a location other than the default path and file. In such a case, collect the information manually.
(2) Information about Performance Management
You need to collect information about Performance Management, as listed below. In the case of a network error, you also need to collect applicable files from the connection-destination machine.
Type of information |
Overview |
Default file name |
Collected by the jpcras command? |
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Common message log |
Message log output from Performance Management (sequential file method) |
/opt/jp1pc/log/jpclog{01|02}#1 |
Y |
Message log output from Performance Management (wraparound file method) |
/opt/jp1pc/log/jpclogw{01|02}#1 |
Y |
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Common message log (for logical host operation) Configuration information |
Message log output from Performance Management for logical host operation (sequential file method) |
environment-directory#2/jp1pc/log/jpclog{01|02}#1 |
Y |
Message log output from Performance Management for logical host operation (wraparound file method) |
environment-directory#2/jp1pc/log/jpclogw{01|02}#1 |
Y |
|
Each configuration information file |
N/A |
Y |
|
Output results of the jpctool service list command |
N/A |
Y |
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Version information |
Product version |
N/A |
Y |
Historical information |
N/A |
Y |
|
Database information |
Agent Store service |
|
Y |
Database information (for logical host operation) |
Agent Store service for logical host operation |
|
Y |
Trace log |
Trace information for each Performance Management program service |
N/A#3 |
Y |
Install log#4 |
Standard log of Hitachi Program Product Installer |
/etc/.hitachi/.hitachi.log /etc/.hitachi/.hitachi.log{01|02|03|04|05} /etc/.hitachi/.install.log /etc/.hitachi/.install.log{01|02|03|04|05} |
N |
Command information |
Environment parameters file |
/opt/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/jr3alget.ini /opt/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/jr3slget.ini |
Y |
Trace information |
N/A |
Y |
|
Timestamp file |
N/A |
Y |
|
Storage file |
|
Y#6 |
|
Management file |
/opt/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/log/ALERT.ofs /opt/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/log/SYSLOG.ofs |
Y |
|
Command information (for logical host operation) |
Environment parameters file |
environment-directory#2/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/jr3alget.ini environment-directory#2/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/jr3slget.ini |
Y |
Trace information |
N/A |
Y |
|
Timestamp file |
N/A |
Y |
|
Storage file |
|
Y#6 |
|
Management file |
environment-directory#2/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/log/ALERT.ofs environment-directory#2/jp1pc/agtm/agent/instance-name/log/SYSLOG.ofs |
Y |
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Y: Can be collected.
N: Cannot be collected.
N/A: Not applicable.
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For details about how to output log information to log files, see the chapter that describes detection of Performance Management failures in the JP1/Performance Management User's Guide.
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The environment directory is on the shared disk that was specified when the logical host was created.
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For details about the trace log storage directory, see 13.3.2 Lists of log files and directories to be collected during troubleshooting.
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Collect this log information if installation fails.
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n indicates a number.
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If the default storage location is changed, the jpcras command cannot collect the information. Collect the information manually.
For details about the location of storage file, see the EXTRACTFILE section in 5.3.2 Settings and the EXTRACTFILE section in 6.3.2 Settings.
(3) Information about the SAP system
You must collect the following information about the SAP system which is being monitored.
Type of information |
Data to be collected |
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System log |
Data collected by using transaction SM21 in the SAP front-end software with the following conditions:
For details about the system log, see the manual and Help for the SAP system. |
XMI log |
Data collected by using transaction RZ15 in the SAP front-end software with the following conditions:
For details about the XMI log, see the manual and Help for the SAP system. |
Release and patch information |
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Developer trace |
Developer traces in the SAP system that are collected if an error occurs during execution of a command provided by PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications or in the Agent Collector service (dev_w*, dev_rfc*, and dev_rd files that are collected by using transaction ST11 in the SAP front-end software) |
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*: A wildcard indicating a string of any one or more characters
(4) Operation information
You should collect the following information about the operation being performed when the error occurred:
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Details of the operation
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Time the error occurred
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Machine configuration (the OS version, host name, and PFM - Manager and PFM - Agent configuration, and so on.)
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Whether the problem is replicable
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Performance Management user name used during logon, if the user has logged on from PFM - View
(5) Error information
You should obtain the following error information:
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Messages output to the console, if the error occurred during command execution
(6) Other information
You should also collect the following information:
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Command arguments that were specified, if the error occurred during command execution