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pid The logged process ID of the failing resource (optional)
msg A free form error message
Important
Note that syslogd does not log the year in a record
′
s timestamp. The
comparisons for start and end times are done on a per record basis and can
cause unexpected results if the log is allowed to span more than one year.
Errors logged by SP components will contain in the message section the
following additional information pertaining to the logging resource:
LPP LPP name
Fn File name
SID SID level of the file
L# Line number or function
Note: You must be Kerberos-authenticated to run the
psyslrpt
command.
The fast path to invoke for the Generate a Syslog Report (SMIT) menu is:
smit spsyslrpt
To report to the local node all records logged by ftp for all syslog files on nodes
in the current system partition, enter:
psyslrpt -a -r ftp
To report all records that logged to files selected for the daemon and user
facilities starting on August 9 and to report the records to the local node from
the nodes sp21n1 and sp21n2, enter the following command at the command
line:
psyslrpt -w sp21n1,sp21n2 -f daemon,user -s08090000
The following is an example of the /etc/syslog.conf file:
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