From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 20:10:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC8DC16A403 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:10:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5747E13C455 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l3AK9tuO090703; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:09:55 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070410150409.02531170@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:09:24 -0500 To: "Marc G. Fournier" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <0FC87C0D2B43ABA3F0CECCAD@ganymede.hub.org> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <0FC87C0D2B43ABA3F0CECCAD@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: KVM over IP (Was: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard) ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:10:33 -0000 At 02:11 PM 4/10/2007, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > >Does anyone know of a reasonably priced one? Our newer servers, we've been >using HP servers, so that we have this built in, but I have 6 older servers >that I'd love to be able to deal with remotely without headaches ... I only >need to be able to access one at a time ... > >I've tried the 'serial console' route, but if the server crashes, logging >in to >the serial console doesn't show you anything, whereas, with the HP 'remote >console' feature, its the same as a KVM, where running it does a screen >refresh, so that I can see what is on the screen at the time of the crash ... The simplest thing you can do is to make sure you are logging the console messages. I set all remote servers to log the actual console output to a separate log file in /etc/syslog.conf adding the line: console.info /var/log/console.log and adding a line to /etc/newsyslog.conf to rotate the logs: /var/log/console.log 600 5 100 * J -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.