I have had a quick look at the debug log. Check line 133. It looks like there is some problem within the queue file. This makes rsyslog switch over to using a pure memory queue.
Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:01 PM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Back logs from disk assisted queue not > flowingtocentralloghost after service restored > > Please feel free to send to my private email address (the list will probably > reject due to size anyway). I promise to have a quick look, but I will probably > not be able to have an in-depth look until some time next week (but > hopefully the quick look helps ;)) > > Rainer > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Michael Bushnell > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:53 PM > > To: rsyslog-users > > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Back logs from disk assisted queue not flowing > > tocentralloghost after service restored > > > > Will do Rainer. Just confirming, I should send zipped debug logs to > > this > list or > > is there a private email address you prefer? Also, I ran debug on an > existing > > system moments ago - a system that currently has several of these "stuck" > > failqueue logfiles. Want to make sure that will give you what you > > need or > if I > > need to start over, simulate a central loghost outage and grab that > > information? If the former, I have what you need and will send once I > > get confirm on location to send. The latter will take some time so I > > can > simulate > > worthwhile test. Thx. > > > > todd > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > > > > This looks like we need a debug log... > > > > > > Rainer > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > > >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Michael Bushnell > > >> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:18 AM > > >> To: rsyslog-users > > >> Subject: [rsyslog] Back logs from disk assisted queue not flowing > > >> to centralloghost after service restored > > >> > > >> Have central loghost configured with disk assisted queue like so: > > >> > > >> $WorkDirectory /var/log/rsyslog > > >> $ActionQueueType LinkedList > > >> $ActionQueueFileName failqueue-loghost2 $ActionResumeRetryCount > -1 > > >> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on > > >> > > >> # remote logging of everything > > >> *.* @@loghost1:5140 > > >> > > >> Central loghost still running syslog-ng. Had a problem with it > > >> that caused it to fail on multiple occasions over the past couple days. > > >> Resolved the problem and logs are now flowing to it, but the files > > >> that were created on the clients during this period are not going > > >> away, nor are the back logs flowing to the central loghost. For example: > > >> > > >> # syslog client > > >> #/var/log/syslog > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 1049189 Mar 16 01:13 > > >> failqueue-loghost2.00000002 > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 1048848 Mar 14 13:25 > > >> failqueue-loghost2.00000003 > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 1048648 Mar 14 17:20 > > >> failqueue-loghost2.00000004 > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 1049066 Mar 15 00:19 > > >> failqueue-loghost2.00000005 > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 1048619 Mar 15 00:27 > > >> failqueue-loghost2.00000006 > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 1048907 Mar 15 13:20 > > >> failqueue-loghost2.00000007 > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 949887 Mar 16 01:13 failqueue-loghost2.00000008 > > >> -rw------- 1 root root 1653 Mar 16 01:13 failqueue-loghost2.qi > > >> > > >> Running rsyslog-5.6.4. > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> rsyslog mailing list > > >> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > >> http://www.rsyslog.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > rsyslog mailing list > > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > > http://www.rsyslog.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > http://www.rsyslog.com > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com

