NAME

       SalvageLog - Traces Salvager operations

DESCRIPTION

       The SalvageLog file records a trace of Salvager (salvager process) operations on the local machine and
       describes any error conditions it encounters.

       If the SalvageLog file does not already exist in the /var/log/openafs directory when the Salvager starts,
       the process creates it and writes initial start-up messages to it. If there is an existing file, the
       Salvager renames is to SalvageLog.old, overwriting the existing SalvageLog.old file if it exists.

       When the Salvager is salvaging an entire file server, it creates a separate log file for each partition
       it starts salvaging. That file will be named SalvageLog.job where job is a job number that will normally
       (but is not guaranteed to) correspond to the index of the partition being salvaged. Once salvaging of all
       partitions is complete, the Salvager will accumulate all the partition-specific log files, append them to
       SalvageLog, and then remove the partition-specific files.

       The file is in ASCII format. Administrators listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file can use the
       bos getlog command to display its contents. Alternatively, log onto the file server machine and use a
       text editor or a file display command such as the UNIX cat command. By default, the mode bits on the
       SalvageLog file grant the required "r" (read) permission to all users.

       The Salvager records operations only as it completes them, and cannot recover from failures by reviewing
       the file. The log contents are useful for administrative evaluation of process failures and other
       problems.

SEE ALSO

       UserList(5), bos_getlog(8), salvager(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD
       by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                      SALVAGELOG(5)