From: Bill Thompson (wht@NEO.RR.COM)
Date: Thu Mar 13 2003 - 18:35:05 EST
Gabriella
I'm surprised you didn't get a lot of responses to this.
First of all, /var/adm/ras/errlog is NOT the same thing as
/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
/var/adm/ras/errlog is a binary file created by the errlog daemon.
/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log is an ASCII file created by the syslog daemon.
You can create the equivalent of the HP syslog.log file on an AIX system.
You simply need to modify /etc/syslog.conf then recycle the syslog daemon.
However, you must be familiar with the format of the syslog.conf file and
you should be aware that syslogd is under control of the system resource
controller (src) so you must stop and start it with the stopsrc/startsrc
command. I typically do this on my AIX systems simply because it gives me a
second source of information and it allows others that are not familiar with
AIX to view system messages.
The errlog file contains highly detailed information about system errors.
(There is no equivalent for this on an HP-UX system.) As I said before,
/var/adm/ras/errlog is not an ASCII file. To view the contents, you need to
get familiar with the "errpt" command. Enter "errpt" by itself on the
command line and you will get a list of entries in the errlog file. Type
"errpt -a | more" and you will get detailed information (20 or more lines)
about each entry. Take a look at the man page for "errpt".
I hope this helps. Let us know if you need more help on this.
Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriella Bottai" <gabriella.bottai@PRIMEUR.COM>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:15 PM
Subject: System errors
> Could someone tell me what is the name of system error log file in
> AIX and where it is located ?
>
> In HP-UX the name of that file is syslog.log and it is located in
> /var/adm/sylog/syslog.log
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Gabriella
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