Generating log messages with sendlog

Use the sendlog command to create Protector log entries from a script.

Table. Command line options Abbreviated Argument Full Argument Description -h --help Displays command line parameter usage instructions. -m arg --message arg Log Message field in the Logs. Specify a string in quotes. -n arg --node arg Actioned By field in the Logs. Specify a string in quotes. -l arg --level arg Level field in the Logs. Specify one of the following strings: detail information warning error reporting -c arg --category arg Category field in the Logs. Specify a string in quotes. -t arg --tag arg Log tag in the format: key:String | NodeID |uint32 | int32| int64 | uint64 | ISODate | Bool:value -a arg --attachment arg Attachments field in the Logs. Specify a filename to attach. -u arg --user arg User name field in the View Audit bubble. For use by Hitachi Vantara Support only. -z arg --process arg Audit process. For use by Hitachi Vantara Support only. -d arg --space arg User name (authentication space) field in the View Audit bubble. For use by Hitachi Vantara Support only. -i arg --ipaddress arg Address field in the View Audit bubble. Specify an IP address. For use by Hitachi Vantara Support only. -p arg --port arg Address field (port) in the View Audit bubble. Specify an IP port. For use by Hitachi Vantara Support only. -o arg --action arg Action field in the View Audit bubble. Specify a string. For use by Hitachi Vantara Support only. -s arg --success arg Action Result field in the View Audit bubble. For use by Hitachi Vantara Support only.

Usage Example:

Running the following command will create a log message in the category Test, at the level Information with the message "Test log message":

sendlog -c "Test" -l information -m "Test log message"