HP-UX Shutdown Log

[Bala_4]

Hi All

I wanted to know where the log file is generated when you shutdown the HP-UX ver 11.00 server ? The /etc/shutdownlog doesnot provide any useful info.
This is what I am looking for.
When the server is started, all scripts in /sbin/rcN.d [N=0 - 6] starting with "S" are executed and the progress is recorded in /etc/rc.log.
Now what is equivalent log file for rc when server is shutdown. i.e when "K" scripts are executed.

Thanks in advance

Bala

[Mark Mitchell]

Not knowing what info you want start is 2 places,
/sbin/rc.log and rcOLD.log for the specific start and shutdown information. Also you might want to look at /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log and OLDsyslog.log

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

The /etc/rc.log is moved to /etc/rc.log.old

...JRF...

[Mark Mitchell]

whoops, must be thinking about rc.d's in sbin.

[James A. Donovan]

Look in /etc/rc.log.old when your server comes back up. You'll see that it contains the log of all the shutdown scripts.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

The shutdown log will provide usefull information in cases of unexpected shutdowns such as panics or TOCs and so on.

You can verify from the shutdown log if there was a reboot or shutdown issued by root, time and so on.. so in these cases it's usefull enough.

What kind of information are you looking for on shutdown?

Later,
Bill

[f. halili]

Re scripts in /sbin/rc0.d, /bin/rc1.d, /sbin/rc3.d ......
Those that starts with "S" gets logged in the /etc/rc.log file. Those files with the "K" aren't.

[Insu Kim]

They're recorded from the middle of the rc.log.old.

Best regards,