dCache Log Files

Location of Log files

dCache has many log files This example list is for a host called ¨dublin¨ the majority of log files can be found in

/var/log/

With the following files.

adminDoorDomain.log
dbserver.log 
dCacheDomain.log
dcap-dublinDomain.log
dirDomain.log
dublinDomain.log 
gPlazma-dublinDomain.log 
gridftp-dublinDomain.log 
gsidcap-dublinDomain.log
httpdDomain.log
infoProviderDomain.log
lmDomain.log  
pmountd.log
pnfsd.log
pnfsDomain.log
utilityDomain.log

dCache also has a single log file for SRM

/opt/d-cache/libexec/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/logs/catalina.out

This unfortunately cannot be changed as this is defined in location by apache-tomcat.

Logging Information

dCache is continuously improving its logging messages but many log lines appear on start up.

09/05 15:41:37 Cell(alm@adminDoorDomain) : Got an IO Exception ( closing server ) : java.net.SocketException: Socket closed
09/05 15:41:37 Cell(alm@adminDoorDomain) : ServerSocket faked connect : java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
09/05 15:41:40 Cell(System@adminDoorDomain) : Problem killing : lm -> Cell Not Found : lm
Starting BatchCell on /opt/d-cache/config/adminDoor.batch
Main thread finished

Are typical (Wed May 23 18:38:49 2012) log lines for a successfully starting Java domain within dCache. This is caused by the domain not successfully registering with the location manager domain (lm cell) as it was started at the same time and was not yet fully initiated.