chlog command

This command is used to display up to five call-home activity log entries and to mark a call-home event entry as acknowledged or unacknowledged.

If command syntax is not correctly entered, or if a command fails to run, an error message is returned. See Common errors for a list of error messages that apply to all commands or chlog command errors for a list of error messages that are specific to the chlog command.

Table 1. chlog (display call-home activity log) command.

The command table is a multi-row, four-column table where each row describes a CMM CLI command option: column one lists command function, column two provides a detailed command description, column three shows command-option syntax, and column four lists valid command targets.
Function What it does Command Target (see paths in Command targets)
Display call-home activity log entries Displays the last fifty entries from the call-home activity log.
Note:
  • The entries are displayed in reverse chronological order (most recent call-home entry first).
  • The system will wait 5 days before sending duplicate events if they are not acknowledged as corrected in the activity log.
  • Call-home events are usually those that can be resolved without additional problem determination.
chlog
Primary CMM:
  • mm[p]
  • mm[P]
  • mm[x]
  • where x is the primary CMM bay number.
Display FTP/TFTP server call-home activity log entries Displays the last fifty FTP/TFTP server entries from the call-home activity log.
Note:
  • The entries are displayed in reverse chronological order (most recent call-home entry first).
  • The system will wait 5 days before sending duplicate events if they are not acknowledged as corrected in the activity log.
 chlog -f
Primary CMM:
  • mm[p]
  • mm[P]
  • mm[x]
  • where x is the primary CMM bay number.
Display Lenovo Support call-home activity log entries Displays the last five Lenovo Support entries from the call-home activity log.
Note:
  • The entries are displayed in reverse chronological order (most recent call-home entry first).
  • The system will wait 5 days before sending duplicate events if they are not acknowledged as corrected in the activity log.
  • Call-home events are usually those that can be resolved without additional problem determination.
chlog -s
Primary CMM:
  • mm[p]
  • mm[P]
  • mm[x]
  • where x is the primary CMM bay number.
Acknowledge / unacknowledge call-home activity log entries Marks the selected call-home event as acknowledged (yes) or unacknowledged (no) when the call-home event has been corrected.
Note: The system will wait five days before sending duplicate events if they are left unacknowledged in the activity log.
 chlog -index-ack option
where:
  • index is the index of the call-home event entry
  • option is yes or no
This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities:
  • Supervisor
  • Chassis configuration
See Commands and user authority for additional information.
Primary CMM:
  • mm[p]
  • mm[P]
  • mm[x]
  • where x is the primary CMM bay number.
Example:To display the last five call-home activity log entries, while the primary CMM in bay 1 is set as the persistent command environment, at the system:mm[1]> prompt, type 
chlog
To mark the call-home event with index number 14 as acknowledged, type
chlog -14 -ack yes

The following example shows the information that is returned from these two commands:

system:mm[1]> chlog
Index  Ack  Send Result   Assigned Num  Event ID    Sev  Source    
            Time                   Message
14     No   Success        NULL          0x00016802  I    CHASSIS   
06/04/11  09:11:11   Test Call Home generated  by USERID.
15     No   Pending       NULL          0x00016802  I    CHASSIS   
06/04/11  09:11:12   Test Call Home generated  by USERID.

system:mm[1]>chlog -14 -ack yes
OK
system:mm[1]>
Parent topic: Command reference