HP-UX shutdown log

[Ken Englander]

Does HP-UX 11 v2 write a log of the events that occurred during a normal shutdown similar to /etc/rc.log for startup?

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

Shutdown events are written to /etc/rc.log as the machine is going down.

When the machine starts backup /etc/rc.log is move to /etc/rc.log.old.

To see the status of the last shutdown look at /etc/rc.log.old and look for the phrase "System shutdown in progress". This is the start of the section of the file that gets written when shutting the system down.

[Peter Godron]

Ken,
sorry, but not to the details you probably want.
Similar problem:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=585560
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=9151

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Ken Englander]

Patrick,

Thanks for the reminder - I'm sure I probably saw that on another occasion, but I'm a novice with HP-UX so I forgot that it was in the rc.log.old file.

Peter,

Thanks for those references. I guess I did not search using the right strings so they did not show up.

Its astonishing how fast you both responded.

Thanks for the help! I will add points to the responses.