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.


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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
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