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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I am trying to redirect a log file from an NFS mount (AIX server = source and Redhat server = target). The redirect is going to a LogLogic device over UDP, and I am seeing quite a few dropped packets in /var/log/messages. Samples below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>Aug 31 07:34:16 lxfwossecp3 syslog-ng[30574]: syslog-ng starting up; version='2.1.4'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>Aug 31 07:44:16 lxfwossecp3 syslog-ng[30574]: Log statistics; dropped='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0', processed='center(queued)=15', processed='center(received)=15', processed='destination(d_messages)=11', processed='destination(d_boot)=0', pro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>cessed='destination(d_auth)=2', processed='destination(d_cron)=1', processed='destination(d_mlal)=0', processed='destination(d_kern)=0', processed='destination(d_mesg)=1', processed='destination(d_cons)=0', processed='destination(d_spol)=<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=4', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>Aug 31 07:54:16 lxfwossecp3 syslog-ng[30574]: Log statistics; dropped='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0', processed='center(queued)=17', processed='center(received)=17', processed='destination(d_messages)=11', processed='destination(d_boot)=0', pro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>cessed='destination(d_auth)=2', processed='destination(d_cron)=2', processed='destination(d_mlal)=0', processed='destination(d_kern)=0', processed='destination(d_mesg)=2', processed='destination(d_cons)=0', processed='destination(d_spol)=<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=6', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>Aug 31 08:04:16 lxfwossecp3 syslog-ng[30574]: Log statistics; dropped='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0', processed='center(queued)=20', processed='center(received)=20', processed='destination(d_messages)=11', processed='destination(d_boot)=0', pro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>cessed='destination(d_auth)=2', processed='destination(d_cron)=4', processed='destination(d_mlal)=0', processed='destination(d_kern)=0', processed='destination(d_mesg)=3', processed='destination(d_cons)=0', processed='destination(d_spol)=<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=9', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>Aug 31 08:14:16 lxfwossecp3 syslog-ng[30574]: Log statistics; dropped='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0', processed='center(queued)=22', processed='center(received)=22', processed='destination(d_messages)=11', processed='destination(d_boot)=0', pro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>cessed='destination(d_auth)=2', processed='destination(d_cron)=5', processed='destination(d_mlal)=0', processed='destination(d_kern)=0', processed='destination(d_mesg)=4', processed='destination(d_cons)=0', processed='destination(d_spol)=<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=11', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>Aug 31 08:24:16 lxfwossecp3 syslog-ng[30574]: Log statistics; dropped='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0', processed='center(queued)=28', processed='center(received)=28', processed='destination(d_messages)=11', processed='destination(d_boot)=0', pro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>cessed='destination(d_auth)=6', processed='destination(d_cron)=6', processed='destination(d_mlal)=0', processed='destination(d_kern)=0', processed='destination(d_mesg)=5', processed='destination(d_cons)=0', processed='destination(d_spol)=<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=17', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is what my syslog-ng.conf file looks like:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'># syslog-ng configuration file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>#<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'># This should behave pretty much like the original syslog on RedHat. But<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'># it could be configured a lot smarter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>#<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'># See syslog-ng(8) and syslog-ng.conf(5) for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>#<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>options {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> time_reopen (10);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> flush_lines (2000);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> flush_timeout (20000);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> log_fifo_size (30000);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> long_hostnames (off);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> use_dns (no);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> use_fqdn (no);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> create_dirs (no);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> keep_hostname (yes);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>};<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>source s_sys {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> file ("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: "));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> unix-stream ("/dev/log");<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> internal();<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> # udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>};<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_mesg { file("/var/log/messages"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_auth { file("/var/log/secure"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_mail { file("/var/log/maillog" sync(10)); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_spol { file("/var/log/spooler"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_boot { file("/var/log/boot.log"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_kern { file("/var/log/kern"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_mlal { usertty("*"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_kernel { facility(kern); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_default { level(info..emerg) and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> not (facility(mail)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> or facility(authpriv) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> or facility(cron)); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_auth { facility(authpriv); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_mail { facility(mail); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_news { facility(uucp) or<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> (facility(news) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> and level(crit..emerg)); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_boot { facility(local7); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>filter f_cron { facility(cron); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>#log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_cons); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_kern); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_default); destination(d_mesg); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_auth); destination(d_auth); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_mail); destination(d_mail); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_emergency); destination(d_mlal); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_news); destination(d_spol); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_boot); destination(d_boot); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log { source(s_sys); filter(f_cron); destination(d_cron); };<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'># vim:ft=syslog-ng:ai:si:ts=4:sw=4:et:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'># Setup for PeopleSoft logs to transmit to Loglogic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>source s_file {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>file("/tmp/APPSRV_current.LOG" flags(no-parse));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>};<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination d_messages{<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>udp("10.13.33.11" port(514) log_fifo_size(900000000));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>};<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>log {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>source(s_file);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>destination(d_messages);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi'>};</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone see anything wrong with the setup? Could the NFS link be an issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jamie <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>