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36.2.5 Check Processing Log Files

If PMDF processing jobs run properly but the message stays in the message queue directory, you can examine the log files to see what is happening. All log files are created in the directory /pmdf/log . Log file name formats for various PMDF processing jobs are shown in Table 36-1.

Table 36-1 PMDF Log Files on UNIX
  File name Log file contains
  channel_master.log- uniqueid Output of master program (usually client) for channel
  channel_slave.log- uniqueid Output of slave program (usually server) for channel
  dispatcher.log- uniqueid Dispatcher logging, if the Dispatcher DEBUG option has been set
  job_controller.log- uniqueid Job controller logging, if the Job Controller option DEBUG=1 has been set
  server-name_server.log- uniqueid Logging for server server-name
  server-name_thread.log- uniqueid Per thread errors for server-name
+ post.log- uniqueid Log output for the periodic PMDF delivery job
+ return.log- uniqueid Log output for the periodic PMDF message bouncer job


+The name and existence of such a log file is specified when the job is initially scheduled by cron; Process Software recommends using crontab entries that specify a log file of the name shown.

Channel log files are not created unless an error occurs or unless debugging output is enabled for the channel with the master_debug channel keyword or slave_debug channel keyword. See Section 2.3.4.86 for more information.

Each new log file is created with a unique id to avoid overwriting an earlier log written by the same channel. You can use the pmdf find utility to aid in finding the desired "version" of a log file. You can purge back older log files using the pmdf purge command.


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