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Nicolas_MENOUX_
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Nov 30, 2009

deleted files in /var/log by mistake .... how to get logs ?

Hi,     I've deleted all files in /var/log by mistake on my BigIP 6900 v10 platform.... my LB is still working but none of my irules are logging information on ltm file previously located i...
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Nov 30, 2009
Hi Nicolas,

 

 

The cleanest and easiest solution would probably be to wait for a maintenance window, fail over to the peer unit and then run a bigstart restart or just reboot the unit with the deleted log files.

 

 

You could potentially try to recreate the files, but I'm not sure how guaranteed or easy of a fix that would be. Here is an article which describes how to restore the deleted files:

 

 

Bring back deleted files with lsof

 

http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/58142

 

 

Aaron