Harware Error Logs

[Ramesh.K.R.]

Hi,

Do we get all the system hardware & peripheral devise ERRORS in syslog by default ??
If so, how is this achived in hpux ??
Also, pl suggest me some documents which talk about this logging mechanisms in hpux.

Thanks & Regards,
Ramesh.K.R.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Ramesh,

Yes - you do.
It's controlled by the syslogd daemon which gets it's configuration from the /etc/syslog.conf file.
man syslogd for details.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Stefan Farrelly]

No, the really detailed hardware logs go to /var/stm/logs/os and you use some software called ONLINE DIAGNOSTICS which writes to them and you have to use this software to view them (theyre written to in binary format).

You can download this software from www.software.hp.com

You can read all about it at;
www.docs.hp.com

and type into the search box;
Online Diagnostics

to see the manuals all about it. Installing this software should be compulsory. Syslog just reports some hardware problems.

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

1) Yes hw errors default go to syslog
How about man syslogd. The /etc/syslog.conf if its config file.

2) STM is a tool you get when you install onlinediag bundle. With this tool you can specific check errors/states of hardware.
Its logging deamon is diaglogd.

Gideon

[uadm26]

Hi,

You can use de command dmesg, to a quick view. The file syslog.log, in many times in /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log is very usefull.
You receive by a email if you configure that, see man sendmail.

[Stefan Stechemesser]

if online diagnostic is installed, all hardware related errors are logged to /var/opt/resmon/log/event.log and a notice that a new error occured is also logged to syslog.log by default. The syslog.log file will be overwritten after two reboots (copied to OLDsyslog.log), but the event.log will only be moved to event.logN with N=[0-9].
The event.log is an ASCII file with understandable error descriptions.

best regards

Stefan

[Shaikh Imran]

Hi,
Yes all the Hardware Error Logs by default goes to syslog.You can also explore dmesg for more error informations.
You can read Systems Hardware And Disgnostics on the HP-Unix Instant information CD.

Regards