PowerScale: Linux CEE Debugging and Log Gather

While running a Linux CEE, debug mode can be enabled in order to gather more advanced data for troubleshooting, follow the steps below: 

Copy the configuration file to allow simple restoration: 

#cp /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml.bak

Edit the /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml configuration file to set both debug and Verbose to 63.  

#vi /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml

Under Configuration, find "Debug" and "Verbose" and change value to 63:

<Configuration>
    <CacheSize>100</CacheSize>
    <Debug>63</Debug>
    <HeartBeatIntervalSecs>10</HeartBeatIntervalSecs>
    <InstrIntervalSecs>60</InstrIntervalSecs>
    <NumberOfThreads>20</NumberOfThreads>
    <Verbose>63</Verbose>
    <HttpPort>12228</HttpPort>
    <DirDBPath></DirDBPath>
    <WatchDog>
      <RestartDelay>5</RestartDelay>
      <RestartCount>2</RestartCount>
      <ResetRestartCountAfter>86400</ResetRestartCountAfter>
    </WatchDog>
  </Configuration>
</CEEConfig>
Restart the CEE process: 

# /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_svc restart
Shutting down EMC CEE Service:                             [  OK  ]
Starting EMC CEE Service: emc_cee.exe (pid 18902 18899) is running...

Debug is now enabled.  Trigger some auditable events on the cluster or monitor for the error we are troubleshooting then revert back to original. 

To revert back to original config: 

First, I like to make a copy of the debug config for future use: 

#cp /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml.debug

Then Copy the original backup back to the main config and restart CEE again

#cp /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml.bak /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml
#/opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_svc restart

We want to then gather the log file /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_svc.log and have that sent in for review.  

 
 

For CEE on Linux configuration and usage instructions, follow the "Common Event Enabler on Linux" documentation attached.

If a previously made debug copy of the configuration file was made and the original configuration is still present, the debug file can be copied to the main configuration and restart the service (Always back up the current configuration as shown above):

#cp /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml.debug /opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_config.xml
#/opt/CEEPack/emc_cee_svc restart