MCA logs on itanium machine

[vkansal]

How will collect the MCA logs on HP server. Is it require to down the machine.

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
check the /var/tombstone directory for mca files.

For cell based:
Check document IA64KBRC00016004
"How to collect MCA data from Itanium cell based systems"

For non-cell based
Check document IA64KBRC00015432
"How to collect and copy mca info on non-cell based Itaniums"

Use the ITRC search facility to find the version you need.

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do?searchtext=IA64KBRC00015432&searchcriteria=allwords&searchtype=SEARCH_TECH_DOCS&rn=25&presort=rank&x=23&y=14

PS: You have a duplicate posting of this problem http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/postanswer.do?threadid=1089155

[Mridul Shrivastava]

you can find them under /var/tombstones/mcaXXXXXX.yy format.

XXXX will be timestamp followed by CPU no. etc

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
how are you getting on with the problem ?

Please also see:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1089508
on how to analyse tombstone files

If the problem is answers could you please complete the thread by awarding points to helpful answers and summarising the solution for you.
This will help resolution of similar problems in the future.