On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Jim Johnson wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've just started using SEC to find specific messages in a number of
>> WebSphere logs and send them to /var/log/messages to be picked up and
>> archived by another centralized logging process. My issue is that I'd like
>> the WebSphere messages to be outputted with the proper timestamp / date
>> format that other entries in /var/log/messages already have.
>>
>> Current timestamp format for /var/log/messages entries:
>>
>> Jul 8 10:19:44
>>
>> Timestamp format using %t in the write action:
>>
>> Tue Jul 8 11:43:58 2008
>>
>> Is there a way to modify %t to display like the other entries? Thanks ...
>>
>> - Jim
>>
>> p.s. - I'd also like to have the hostname added to the write action as
>> well so that these WebSphere log entries look like any other syslog entry.
>> Thanks in advance ...
>>
>> If you cannot send logs directly from WebSphere to syslog then I would
> have a script tail the WebSphere logs and input them into syslog as they are
> written, they will get the right hostname, time and will slot in nicely in
> to your logging infrastructure, if your system logger logs to a central
> server, then the WebSphere logs would end up going through this standardized
> mechanism as well.
>
> I recently wrote a Bash script to do just this for log files in a generic
> way. I can provide you with the script if you like...
>
> However, if you only want some logs as you seem to imply, then you may want
> to consider just letting Sec pipe the logs to the logger command which will
> then input the log into the standard syslog mechanism and your syslog
> configuration will again handle it from there in a standardized manner,
> hostname, timestamp, remote logging, the works. Logger rocks. Sec rocks. Sec
> + logger... =-O
>
> -h
>
> --
> Hari Sekhon
>
> Thanks Hari, I think that's exactly what I was looking for! Now I just
have to mess with SEC and piping ... haven't had to do that yet. Back to
TFM I go ....
- Jim
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