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Displaying a Log File from a Single-Chassis System

To display a log file stored on a single-chassis system, enter Junos OS CLI operational mode and issue the following commands:

user@switch> show log log-filenameuser@switch> file show log-file-pathname

By default, the commands display the file stored on the local Routing Engine.

The following example shows the output from the show log messages command:

user@switch1> show log messages 
Nov  4 11:30:01 switch1 newsyslog[2283]: logfile turned over due to size>128K
Nov  4 11:30:01 switch1 newsyslog[2283]: logfile turned over due to size>128K
Nov  4 11:30:06  switch1 chassism[952]: CM ENV Monitor: set fan speed is 65 percent for Fan 1
Nov  4 11:30:06  switch1 chassism[952]: CM ENV Monitor: set fan speed is 65 percent for Fan 2
Nov  4 11:30:06  switch1 chassism[952]: CM ENV Monitor: set fan speed is 65 percent for Fan 3
...
Nov  4 11:52:53  switch1 snmpd[944]: SNMPD_HEALTH_MON_INSTANCE: Health Monitor: jroute daemon memory usage (Management 
process): new instance detected (variable: sysApplElmtRunMemory.5.6.2293)
Nov  4 11:52:53  switch1 snmpd[944]: SNMPD_HEALTH_MON_INSTANCE: Health Monitor: jroute daemon memory usage (Command-line 
interface): new instance detected (variable: sysApplElmtRunMemory.5.8.2292)
...
Nov  4 12:08:30  switch1 rpdf[957]: task_connect: task BGP_100.10.10.1.6+179 addr 10.10.1.6+179: Can't assign requested 
address
Nov  4 12:08:30  switch1 rpdf[957]: bgp_connect_start: connect 10.10.1.6 (Internal AS 100): Can't assign requested address
Nov  4 12:10:24  switch1 mgd[2293]: UI_CMDLINE_READ_LINE: User 'jsmith', command 'exit '
Nov  4 12:10:27  switch1 mgd[2293]: UI_DBASE_LOGOUT_EVENT: User 'jsmith' exiting configuration mode
Nov  4 12:10:31  switch1 mgd[2293]: UI_CMDLINE_READ_LINE: User 'jsmith', command 'show log messages

The following example shows the output from the file show command. The file in the pathname /var/log/processes has been previously configured to include messages from the daemon facility.

user@switch1> file show /var/log/processes
Feb 22 08:58:24 switch1 snmpd[359]: SNMPD_TRAP_WARM_START: trap_generate_warm: SNMP trap: warm start
Feb 22 20:35:07 switch1 snmpd[359]: SNMPD_THROTTLE_QUEUE_DRAINED: trap_throttle_timer_handler: cleared all throttled traps
Feb 23 07:34:56 switch1 snmpd[359]: SNMPD_TRAP_WARM_START: trap_generate_warm: SNMP trap: warm start
Feb 23 07:38:19 switch1 snmpd[359]: SNMPD_TRAP_COLD_START: trap_generate_cold: SNMP trap: cold start
...
 

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Published: 2014-07-28

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