Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media
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@BRRABill updates....updates....
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awesome.. where are you sending the logs? to an ELK or Greylog server?
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@Dashrender said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
awesome.. where are you sending the logs? to an ELK or Greylog server?
Graylog.
However, my Graylog server that was working two weeks ago is now longer no longer working.
So, trying to remedy that.
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Looking good still..
Tue Sep 6 12:01:23 EDT 2016 [root@xenserver-test-reinstall log]# ls -l -t total 113832 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38273316 Sep 6 11:25 lastlog -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 43776 Sep 6 11:25 wtmp -rw------- 1 root utmp 768 Sep 6 11:21 btmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 11:20 blktap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 792 Sep 6 11:16 ovs-xapi-sync.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2628 Sep 6 11:15 ovs-ctl.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1784 Sep 6 11:14 restoreeswitchcfg.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 348 Sep 6 11:14 interface-rename.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Sep 6 11:14 xenstored.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11212 Sep 6 11:14 boot.log -
@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
What log server are you using to collect the logs?
What changes did you make to the config file for the logs?
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@DustinB3403 said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
What log server are you using to collect the logs?
What changes did you make to the config file for the logs?
I was using Graylog, which was working before. However now it is NOT working.
Trying to reinstall GrayLog.
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@DustinB3403 said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
What log server are you using to collect the logs?
What changes did you make to the config file for the logs?
I was using Graylog, which was working before. However now it is NOT working.
Trying to reinstall GrayLog.
What, why did it stop?
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
BTW, there was a post on the XenServer forums about running off of USB today, and this was the response (from a user with almost 6,000 posts there):
"Its technically possible, but frowned upon due to SD cards usually not being good quality that can handle the amount of read/writes. There are sites/link on the Internet where others have done such a thing. Citrix will likely not be of assistance if you need there support, you would be totally on your own."
https://discussions.citrix.com/topic/380868-hypervisor-on-sd-card/
This thread mentions that Citrix will not "support" external logging, is that an issue to be concerned with? -
@FATeknollogee said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
BTW, there was a post on the XenServer forums about running off of USB today, and this was the response (from a user with almost 6,000 posts there):
"Its technically possible, but frowned upon due to SD cards usually not being good quality that can handle the amount of read/writes. There are sites/link on the Internet where others have done such a thing. Citrix will likely not be of assistance if you need there support, you would be totally on your own."
https://discussions.citrix.com/topic/380868-hypervisor-on-sd-card/
This thread mentions that Citrix will not "support" external logging, is that an issue to be concerned with?It's an issue if you want to send your logs in to be analyzed by Citrix.
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@FATeknollogee If you have bought support from Citrix it will be an issue, if you are the one providing the support as with any other linux install it will not.
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IE: If you're paying citrix for support, follow their guide on installation, use hardware raid, and create two partitions. One for XS, the other for your VMs.
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@DustinB3403 said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
IE: If you're paying citrix for support, follow their guide on installation, use hardware raid, and create two partitions. One for XS, the other for your VMs.
Well, that's the main issue I am trying to get to the bottom of.
ML loves USB installs, but is it the right call?
Plus, at least on a DELL array, you'd have to install XS, then add SR via console later. They don't let you set up partitions during the install.
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Nah, I'm supported by the People's Republic of ML...
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Wasn't the XS logging. I pointed it at my Splunk install and it immediately worked.
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
Wasn't the XS logging. I pointed it at my Splunk install and it immediately worked.
So something in Graylog broke.
I wonder what...
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Still nothing being written.
(At least in /var/log)
So, it actually worked!
Tue Sep 6 12:40:35 EDT 2016 [root@xenserver-test-reinstall log]# ls -l -t total 113832 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38273316 Sep 6 11:25 lastlog -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 43776 Sep 6 11:25 wtmp -rw------- 1 root utmp 768 Sep 6 11:21 btmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 11:20 blktap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 792 Sep 6 11:16 ovs-xapi-sync.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2628 Sep 6 11:15 ovs-ctl.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1784 Sep 6 11:14 restoreeswitchcfg.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 348 Sep 6 11:14 interface-rename.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Sep 6 11:14 xenstored.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11212 Sep 6 11:14 boot.log -
Is there an easy way in Linux to see what files have been written to today?
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
Is there an easy way in Linux to see what files have been written to today?
You could do a find at the root level
find / -path /proc -prune -o -type f -mtime -1That searches for all files modified in less than a day excluding the /proc directory.
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@stacksofplates said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
find / -path /proc -prune -o -type f -mtime -1
Holy cow that listed a LOT of files.
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@stacksofplates said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
find / -path /proc -prune -o -type f -mtime -1
Holy cow that listed a LOT of files.
You rebooted this morning. That would be pretty normal.
