Executive Order logging

Last published : Jun 12, 2026
InfoScale EO compliant logging option helps to configure InfoScale components to provide logging as per standard security requirements.
You can configure or enable EO logging by executing following commands after the installation of the product is completed.
You can enable or disable EO specific logging by executing following commands in command prompt / Powershell.
  • To enable EO based logging, set
VXVM_ENABLE_PUBSEC_LOG to 1
  • To disable EO based logging, set
VXVM_ENABLE_PUBSEC_LOG to 0
You can also enable EO based logging using the following steps:
  1. Press Windows + R to show run command prompt.
  2. Type sysdm.cpl and pressEnter.
  3. Go to Advanced tab.
  4. Click Environment Variables button.
  5. In System Variables section, clickNew button.
  6. Enter variable name as VXVM_ENABLE_PUBSEC_LOG and enter value as 1.
  7. Click OK.
When the EO logging is enabled using the command, VxVM process writes logs with additional information, which is time stamped in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.mmm+UTC format followed by the hostname in FQDN format, and then followed by the log statement.
It is recommended to restart all the VxVM services to view the updated EO based logging.
You have to execute the following commands to stop and start the services to get the updated EO logging.
  • net stop vxsvc
  • net start vxsvc
  • net stop vxffdc
  • net start vxffdc
  • net stop vds
  • net start vds
  • net stop vxvdsdyn
  • net start vxvdsdyn
  • net stop vxvssprovider
  • net start vxvssprovider
  • net stop vxsas
  • net start vxsas