syslogd/doc/power-hmc.md

Power Systems HMC Remote Logging

Instructions for how to forward syslog messages from a IBM Power Systems HMC to a remote logging solution.

More information about HMC logging is available on the IBM knowledge center.

Instructions

Network / Firewall must allow UDP (and possible TCP) traffic on port 514 from HMC to the remote syslog server. We use 10.32.64.1 as our remote syslog server in the example below.

To add a remote logging destination, run the following command. Use the filter to discard unwanted messaged.

chhmc -c syslog -t udp -s add -h 10.32.64.1 --input "filter_msg_contains_discard_strings=run-parts,slice,session,leases,renewal,0anacron,Session,DHCPREQUEST,DHCPACK,CMD,CRON,SCHEDULED"

In the above example we filter away some messages that we are not interested in forwarding on remotely.

To remove it again:

chhmc -c syslog -t udp -s remove -h 10.32.64.1