[BBLISA] Capturing system console output remotely

[Charles Bennett]

Google for 'linux netconsole'.  It'll allow all printk's to be sent via
UDP to a configurable remote port.  It's not likely to catch anything
that's not already logged to DMESG on the way up but it will catch
things that syslog misses on the way down.

Short of full blown KVM/Console management or some nasty null modem
console hacks this may be your best bet.


ccb

You can configure your Linux systems to printk to a 

On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 22:54 -0500, Rich Lenihan wrote:
> I would like to be able to capture all of the system messages that get
> printed to the console of my Linux servers. I would like to be able to
> capture this and log it remotely. syslog won't do it for me because I
> want to capture everything, boot-up messages, shutdown messages, and
> messages even when syslog isn't running, or the server's nic is down.
> The servers are HP ProLiants with HP iLO management cards, if that
> helps any. Has anyone done anything like this before? 
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks, Rich.
> 
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