All,

  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:

Aug 31 07:34:16 lxfwossecp3 syslog-ng[30574]: syslog-ng starting up; version='2.1.4'

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

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)=

0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=4', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'

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

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)=

0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=6', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'

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

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)=

0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=9', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'

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

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)=

0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=11', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'

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

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)=

0', processed='destination(d_mail)=0', processed='source(s_sys)=17', processed='source(s_file)=11', suppressed='udp(10.13.33.11:514)=0'

Here is what my syslog-ng.conf file looks like:

# syslog-ng configuration file.

#

# This should behave pretty much like the original syslog on RedHat. But

# it could be configured a lot smarter.

#

# See syslog-ng(8) and syslog-ng.conf(5) for more information.

#

options {

        time_reopen (10);

        flush_lines (2000);

        flush_timeout (20000);

        log_fifo_size (30000);

        long_hostnames (off);

        use_dns (no);

        use_fqdn (no);

        create_dirs (no);

        keep_hostname (yes);

};

source s_sys {

        file ("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: "));

        unix-stream ("/dev/log");

        internal();

        # udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));

};

destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); };

destination d_mesg { file("/var/log/messages"); };

destination d_auth { file("/var/log/secure"); };

destination d_mail { file("/var/log/maillog" sync(10)); };

destination d_spol { file("/var/log/spooler"); };

destination d_boot { file("/var/log/boot.log"); };

destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); };

destination d_kern { file("/var/log/kern"); };

destination d_mlal { usertty("*"); };

filter f_kernel     { facility(kern); };

filter f_default    { level(info..emerg) and

                        not (facility(mail)

                        or facility(authpriv)

                        or facility(cron)); };

filter f_auth       { facility(authpriv); };

filter f_mail       { facility(mail); };

filter f_emergency  { level(emerg); };

filter f_news       { facility(uucp) or

                        (facility(news)

                        and level(crit..emerg)); };

filter f_boot   { facility(local7); };

filter f_cron   { facility(cron); };

#log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_cons); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_kern); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_default); destination(d_mesg); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_auth); destination(d_auth); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_mail); destination(d_mail); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_emergency); destination(d_mlal); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_news); destination(d_spol); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_boot); destination(d_boot); };

log { source(s_sys); filter(f_cron); destination(d_cron); };

# vim:ft=syslog-ng:ai:si:ts=4:sw=4:et:

# Setup for PeopleSoft logs to transmit to Loglogic

source s_file {

file("/tmp/APPSRV_current.LOG" flags(no-parse));

};

destination d_messages{

udp("10.13.33.11" port(514) log_fifo_size(900000000));

};

log {

source(s_file);

destination(d_messages);

};

Does anyone see anything wrong with the setup?  Could the NFS link be an issue?  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Jamie