DXi Log Reading Basics

 

Overview

When Service Tickets and GUI status don’t provide the information you need to solve SRs, an excellent next step is to review logs. In many cases, logs can be helpful in solving customer problems. Use the information on these pages, as well as the job aids listed under the Resources section, to learn which logs are available, how to gather them, the types of information that each log contains, and the types of problems each log is able to help solve.  

 

While there are DXi system logs and storage array logs, this DXi Log Reading Basics topic focuses on the DXi system logs.

  

Main topics include:

  

Getting Started

 

Most-Often Used Logs: Tsunami Log and Messages Log

 

The Collect.txt Log

 

Locating Truncation Issues

 

Locating Replication Issues

 

Locating Active Directory Issues

 

Locating Reconcile Information in Tsunami Log

 

Locating General Concerns about Slow Performance

 

Locating Results of a Healthcheck and Missing Tags

  

Recognizing an Unclean Shutdown

 

Determining If a Software Upgrade was Successful

 

Reviewing Blockpool Verify for Blockpool Corruption

 

Locating Serial Numbers

 

When to Escalate to Sustaining

Prerequisites

It is recommended that you complete the following courses prior to starting this training:

 

  • DXi-Series Core Concepts for Service (2-0443 Online Self-Paced)
  • DXi-Series Service Partner Training (4-4459 Classroom)
  • DXi-Series Configuration (2-2482 Online Self-Paced)
  • DXi-Series Configuration Hands-on GUI Practice (3-2432 Virtual Classroom)

Resources


 

Assessment 

To get credit for completing this training, you must complete a short assessment (exam) in StorageCare Learning (A-3-2420 Assessment). Instructions on how to access the assessment are presented at the end of this topic.

 

 


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