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Monitoring and maintaining user processes ···································································································· 44
About monitoring and maintaining user processes ·················································································· 44
Configuring core dump ····························································································································· 44
Locating user process memory usage exceptions ··················································································· 45
Displaying log information for user processes ························································································· 45
Displaying context information for process exceptions ············································································ 45
Clearing context information for process exceptions ··············································································· 46
Monitoring and maintaining kernel threads ······································································································ 46
About monitoring and maintaining kernel threads ···················································································· 46
Detecting kernel thread deadloops ·········································································································· 46
Detecting kernel thread starvation ··········································································································· 47
Displaying kernel thread exception information ······················································································· 48
Displaying kernel thread reboot information····························································································· 48
Clearing kernel thread exception information ··························································································· 48
Clearing kernel thread reboot information ································································································ 48
Configuring the information center ······························································· 49
About the information center ···························································································································· 49
Log types ·················································································································································· 49
Log levels ················································································································································· 49
Log destinations ······································································································································· 50
Default output rules for logs ····················································································································· 50
Default output rules for diagnostic logs ···································································································· 50
Default output rules for security logs ········································································································ 50
Default output rules for hidden logs ········································································································· 51
Default output rules for trace logs ············································································································ 51
Log formats and field descriptions ··········································································································· 51
Information center tasks at a glance ················································································································ 54
Managing standard system logs ·············································································································· 54
Managing hidden logs ······························································································································ 54
Managing security logs ···························································································································· 55
Managing diagnostic logs ························································································································· 55
Managing trace logs ································································································································· 55
Enabling the information center ······················································································································· 55
Configuring a log output profile ························································································································ 56
Outputting logs to various destinations ············································································································ 56
Displaying the log output filters ················································································································ 56
Outputting logs to the console·················································································································· 57
Outputting logs to the monitor terminal ···································································································· 57
Outputting logs to log hosts ······················································································································ 58
Outputting logs to the log buffer ··············································································································· 59
Saving logs to the log file ························································································································· 59
Setting the minimum storage period for logs ··································································································· 60
Enabling synchronous information output ········································································································ 61
Configuring log suppression····························································································································· 61
Enabling duplicate log suppression·········································································································· 61
Configuring log suppression for a module ································································································ 63
Disabling an interface from generating link up or link down logs ····························································· 64
Enabling SNMP notifications for system logs··································································································· 64
Configuring security logs ·································································································································· 65
Saving security logs to the security log file ······························································································ 65
Managing the security log file ··················································································································· 65
Displaying security log information··········································································································· 66
Configuring diagnostic logs ······························································································································ 66
Saving diagnostic logs to the diagnostic log file ······················································································· 66
Displaying diagnostic log file configuration ······························································································ 67
Setting the maximum size of the trace log file·································································································· 67
Displaying the information center configuration ······························································································· 67
Displaying and clearing log buffer information ································································································· 68
Displaying log file information ·························································································································· 68
Information center configuration examples ······································································································ 68
Example: Outputting logs to the console·································································································· 68