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The-messenger
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Nov 28, 2016

Help F5/Linux system logging

I've read some general KBs on F5 and logging, not sure if I'm searching correctly. Specifically, I would like to know the steps to search logs for a system shutdown of any kind.   ...Hopefully t...
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Niels_van_Sluis
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Nov 28, 2016

On OS level one would first take a look at /var/log/messages. This is the location the kernel will write to if there are any problems on OS level. Regarding the BIG-IP platform itself I would check the /var/log/ltm log file.

 

Regarding reboots, also the command 'last' could give you some information. Another command you can try is 'dmesg'.