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From: Matt Wilson <msw@linux.com>
Subject: Re: XEN 4.2.1 xl dmesg
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 15:37:41 -0700
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On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 03:20:10PM +0530, cooldharma06 wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i am using xen 4.2.1 hypervisor. i am seeing xl dmesg's by "xl dmesg"
> command.
> 
> i need some clarification regarding this:
> It is created at runtime or any log files are there.

xen-devel Bcc:'ed. This question is appropriate for the xen-users
mailing list.

"xl dmesg" displays the in-memory Xen message log. By default the
message log is only stored in memory.

> Is there any way to create the log files.??

The Xen console daemon (xenconsoled) can be configured to log
hypervisor messages by passing the "--log=hv" option.

--msw