How to read a log
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chinajade
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Hi, Odarn,
Log reading is a skill you have to acquire by 'doing your time'. There are no guides for it, and never will be. The guides would go stale almost as soon as they would be published.
Most of the time, it involves just looking at enough logs that you realize what belongs and what doesn't. It helps if you can read code.
There are very few books about log reading, and none of them are any good.
Basically, log reading is a skill learned by doing it.
cheers,
chinajade
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Indeed. It is a skill we've developed by doing this for years.
We were always looking at our logs to know what happened the previous night, whether it was when HB stopped, a routine error, or a complete crash.
As CJ says, a lot of it is figuring out what doesn't belong and in this same part that doesn't belong there is usually a sign of what caused the problem.
We were always looking at our logs to know what happened the previous night, whether it was when HB stopped, a routine error, or a complete crash.
As CJ says, a lot of it is figuring out what doesn't belong and in this same part that doesn't belong there is usually a sign of what caused the problem.