logrotate: ALERT exited abnormally with [1]:logrotate fails on xprtld file due to missing log file add_host.log

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Description

Error Message

Creates excessive emails: /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf error: stat of /var/opt/VRTSsfmh/logs/add_host.log failed: No such file or directory

Cause

Package installed is from SFM 2.1, where the log was placed in the wrong directory.

VRTSsfmh-2.1.229.0-0

Resolution

upgrade system to 3.0VOM


Applies To

VxFS 5.0 SFM 2.1 RHEL 5

Issue/Introduction

logrotate: ALERT exited abnormally with [1] the logrotate.d file xprtld references log file /var/opt/VRTSsfmh/logs/add_host.log which does not exist. This causes logrotate to abend