Message format in the ON-Bar message log

Messages in the ON-Bar activity log file contain timestamps, process IDs, and explanatory text.

A message in the ON-Bar activity log file, bar_act.log, has the following format:

timestamp process_id parent_process_id message

The following table describes each field in the message. No error message numbers appear in the ON-Bar activity log.

Table 1. ON-Bar message format
Message field	Description
`timestamp`	Date and time when ON-Bar writes the message.
`process_id`	The number that the operating system uses to identify this instance of ON-Bar.
`parent_process_id`	The number that the operating system uses to identify the process that executed this instance of ON-Bar.
`message`	The ON-Bar message text.

The following example illustrates a typical entry in the ON-Bar activity log:

1999-08-18 10:09:59 773     772  Completed logical restore.

Important: If you receive an XBSA error message, consult the storage-manager logs for more details.

Timestamps when storage managers hang

If a storage manager process hangs, the timestamp for the process in the ON-Bar activity log is inaccurate. An asterisk symbol is appended to the timestamp and the message indicates how long the storage manager process hung. The following example shows that the storage manager process hung for two minutes starting at 10:27. At 10:29, the storage manager completed the backup.

2013-02-26 10:27:10* 13410  25695 (-43085) WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT Storage
                         Manager Progress may be stalled for at least 2 minutes.

2013-02-26 10:29:12 13410  25695 Completed level 0 backup dbspace1 (Storage Manager  
                                 copy ID: 1509564809 0).