How to echo console messages to /var/log/messages

Problem

How to echo console messages to /var/log/messages

Resolution

Each ES region has its own Console Log.

Depending on how regions have been configured, there may be more than one Console Log that needs to be monitored.

So in order to facilitate monitoring, optionally on Linux and UNIX systems, a region can also be configured to send its messages to the /var/log/messages file.

From there the file can be monitored for the key messages.

This can either be configured when ES is installed or by setting the following in $COBDIR/etc/cas/cas.cfg file:

USESYSCON=Y'

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