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Error information

AIX Error Logs and templates

The format of these entries is the format of the standard error log entries, which are viewed using the errpt -a command. These are hardware errors. An example is an entry that indicates: Power module - DC power loss..

Entries are logged when the condition appears to be permanent. The error information can be cleared. Do not clear an entry if an error has occurred. Entries appear in the language specified by the current location setting (SP administrative locale) on the control workstation.

Table 54 shows the error log templates used by the system monitor. UNKN indicates an unknown error type. PERM indicates a permanent error type.

Table 54. AIX Error Log templates for the System Monitor

Label Error ID Type Class Description
HM001_TR F55FBD1D UNKN S Explanation: Informational System Monitor message.

Details: These are informational messages that primarily report unrecognized debug flags specified by the hmadm command, or incorrect arguments to the System Monitor (hardmon) daemon.

HM002_TR B463BBF0 UNKN S Explanation: Informational System Monitor message.

Details: These are informational messages that report certain key events on the progress of the System Monitor daemon process. For example, initiating the main processing loop, or the opening or closing of a log file.

HM003_ER 6CCA6600 PERM S Explanation: The System Monitor has encountered an internal error.

Details: An internal error has occurred. Examples are system calls that have ended in error or internal program errors.

HM004_ER 3A814C25 PERM S Explanation: The System Monitor has encountered an internal error.

Details: An internal error has occurred. Examples are system calls that have ended in error, or internal program errors.

HM005_ER 8D64B0C8 PERM S Explanation: The System Monitor has encountered an internal error.

Details: An internal error has occurred. Examples are system calls that have ended in error or internal program errors. This can also be caused by an unexpected signal that killed an external hardware driver, or the external hardware driver's restart limit being exceeded.

HM006_ER BB9D16B2 PERM S Explanation: The System Monitor has encountered a configuration error.

Details: A configuration file, or the SDR, was found to contain incorrect data. Examples are: if the hmthresholds file contains an incorrect card type, or if there is a duplicate entry in the hmacls file.

HM007_ER C70D5E9D PERM S Explanation: A resource is unavailable to the System Monitor.

Details: The primary reason for this error is that the System Monitor was unable to establish a session with the SDR.

HM008_ER 472C610A PERM S Explanation: The System Monitor has encountered a data packet error.

Details: There is some error involving the data packet that is sent from a frame supervisor to the System Monitor daemon. Examples are a missing data packet or an unexpected supervisor type in the data packet.

HM009_ER 60A89611 PERM S Explanation: The System Monitor has received a bad client command.

Details: A command sent to the System Monitor from a client such as: hmmon, hmcmds, s1term is bad. For example, the command is incorrect or the command arguments are incorrect.

HM010_ER A7DA9589 PERM S Explanation: The System Monitor could not open a file.

Details: The System Monitor could not open a log file, a configuration file, or a tty.

System Monitor daemon log file

This file is located in: /var/adm/SPlogs/spmon/hmlogfile.ddd, where ddd is the Julian day, on the control workstation. It is not trimmed. It is created automatically when the System Monitor (hardmon) is started.

A new system monitor daemon log file can be created by issuing the command:

hmadm clog

The previous log file is not deleted. A new one (with a different name) is created.

Entries in the file have this format:

hardmon:   message_number   message_text

Locate the message number in: PSSP: Messages Reference.

An example of some data in this file is :

 hardmon:  0026-801I  Hardware Monitor Daemon started at Wed Dec 22 17:46:06 1999
 hardmon:  0026-802I  Server port number is 8435, poll rate is 5.000000 seconds
 hardmon:  0026-805I  1 frames have been configured.
 hardmon:  0026-803I  Entered main processing loop


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