Gateway E-826R Manual De Usuario
Appendix A: Logs
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Basic information logs
Whenever any system or application actions occur, the autoloader or tape drive
generate logs recording the actions. You can use some of these logs to
troubleshoot errors. These logs are described in Chapter 5
generate logs recording the actions. You can use some of these logs to
troubleshoot errors. These logs are described in Chapter 5
. The other logs contain diagnostic and history information
and are explained in this section.
This section describes the logs for the autoloader and the tape drive. It contains
a description of each log type including the log's block descriptor and field
descriptions.
a description of each log type including the log's block descriptor and field
descriptions.
Log descriptions
The autoloader and tape drive generate different types of logs. Autoloader logs
provide information if the error relates to data cartridge movement. Tape drive
logs provide information on the tape drive's read/write performance.
provide information if the error relates to data cartridge movement. Tape drive
logs provide information on the tape drive's read/write performance.
Although there are several types of logs, all of them have the same basic format
and are interpreted in the same manner.
and are interpreted in the same manner.
Autoloader logs
The autoloader generates four types of logs.
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You can retrieve and view each of the six log types through different methods.
The following table indicates the ways in which you can retrieve each log type.
The following table indicates the ways in which you can retrieve each log type.
Log Type
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Front Panel
SCSI
Soft
Yes
Yes
No
Update
Yes
Yes
No
Boot
Yes
No
No
Hard
Yes
Yes
Yes