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odmdelete -o errnotify -q
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en_name = power.obj
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odmdelete -o errnotify -q
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en_name = panic.obj
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odmdelete -o errnotify -q
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en_name = dbl_panic.obj
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To view these objects in the ODM database, enter:
odmget -q
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en_name = power.obj
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errnotify
odmget -q
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en_name = panic.obj
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errnotify
odmget -q
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en_name = dbl_panic.obj
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errnotify
5. Mail will be sent to the administrator at the Control Workstation when any
power loss or kernel panic occurs.
6.4 Error Daemons
This section describes AIX error daemons and SP log daemons.
6.4.1 AIX Error Daemons
The error logging daemon errdemon reads error records from the special file
/dev/error and creates error log entries in the system error log. Each time an
error is logged, errdemon writes an entry in the system error log and performs
error notify as specified in the error notification database /etc/objrepos/errnotify.
The default system error log file is /var/adm/ras/errlog.
The last error log entry is always placed in NVRAM, and during system startup,
this last error entry is read from NVRAM and added to the error log when
errdemon is started.
errdemon does NOT create an error log entry for the logged error if the error
record template specifies
Log=FALSE
.
If you use errdemon without any flags, the system will use the values stored in
the error log configuration database for the error log file name, error log file size
and internal buffer size.
Note that you need root authority to run errdemon.
The file /var/adm/ras/errtmplt contains the error template repository.
The file /etc/objrepos/SWservAt (software service aids attributes object class)
contains the error log configuration database.
Flags
- i < f i l e > (lowercase i). Uses the error log file specified by the <file>
variable. The file name is saved in the error log
configuration database and is immediately put into use.
-l (Lowercase L). Displays the values for the error log file
name, file size and buffer size from the error log
configuration database.
- s < l o g s i z e > Uses the size specified by the <logsize> variable for the
maximum size of the error log file. The size limit is saved in
the error log configuration database and is immediately put
into use.
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