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Old 10-15-2008, 02:28 AM   #1
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Not updating /var/adm/messages


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In one of the prod server, since last 2 days the /var/adm/messages are not generated, Can someone help me what parameters I have to check to resolve this issue.

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Old 10-15-2008, 02:38 AM   #2
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Make sure that syslogd is running
Code:
ps -ef|grep syslogd
and if not start it.
 
Old 10-15-2008, 06:32 AM   #3
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Another explanation could be your /var filesystem being full.
 
Old 10-15-2008, 01:56 PM   #4
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Hi

As I have checked both above options, both seems ok.

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