Introduction

In this chapter, we will learn about two important topics: syslog and performance monitoring. The former is an essential task for daily administration and is very appropriate for resolving the following possible events and problems that occur in Oracle Solaris 11. Configuring syslog is very similar to other UNIX flavors, but there will be particular details that are exclusively related to Oracle Solaris.

Talking about the syslog framework means discussing a very important part of the system that is responsible for event messages. Any security problem, hardware change and problem, kernel event, or general issues will be recorded in logfiles. Additionally, applications will log their messages in logfiles. The syslog framework plays a special role if we are working with forensic analysis. Syslog framework has a central role. Logs are also important when we investigate a malware's attack. If we have to create a troubleshooting process, once more, the records saved and managed by...