As another alternative I would see if syslogging is turned on. Look at /etc/syslog.conf . Check for any lines that do not have a # in front. These lines would be the paths to the logs.
Dan Goble | Senior Systems Engineer Interline Brands, Inc. 804 East Gate Drive Suite 100, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Office: 856.533.3110 | Mobile: 609.792.6855 E-mail: [email protected] | Website: www.interlinebrands.com This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail in error and delete all copies of this message. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Schasny Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:36 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Unidata 6.1.13/AIX 5.3 Stops Unexpectedly The AIX "errpt" command reads the system error log. See man errpt for details. That would be a good place to start Kevin King wrote: > We have a customer with a box as described in the subject that has > recently been experiencing something odd. Overnight, the system will > just lock up and stop responding. Normally there isn't anyone doing > anything at night; the backup runs, that sort of thing, but then some > days when they come in early in the morning the entire machine is > unresponsive. Connecting with telnet there is no login prompt, just a > blank screen. It happened last night and I've confirmed from the logs > that the backup (which is using a split mirror backup strategy) ran > successfully and finished at 2:02am. > Sometime between then and 4am, when there really should not have been > anything going on, it just locked up. > > Are there any logs that can be enabled on AIX to record some evidence > for these kinds of failures so we can figure out what's going on with > this machine? > > -K > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Schasny - Denver, Co, USA jschasny at gmail dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
