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AIX errpt error output explained - Dissecting errpt output

errpt - The errpt command generates an error report from entries in an error log

# errpt

982C78BF   0224093211 T S mir0           DISPLAY ADAPTER CONFIGURATION ERROR

0BA49C99   0224093111 T H scsi0          SCSI BUS ERROR

0BA49C99   0224093011 T H scsi0          SCSI BUS ERROR

49A83216   0224092911 T H hdisk0         DISK OPERATION ERROR

0BA49C99   0224092911 T H scsi0          SCSI BUS ERROR

0BA49C99   0224092811 T H scsi0          SCSI BUS ERROR

0BA49C99   0224092711 T H scsi0          SCSI BUS ERROR

7F88E76D   0223104611 P S console        SOFTWARE PROGRAM ERROR

9DBCFDEE   0224093211 T O errdemon       ERROR LOGGING TURNED ON

192AC071   0223104611 T O errdemon       ERROR LOGGING TURNED OFF

A6DF45AA   0223071111 I O RMCdaemon      The daemon is started.

1BA7DF4E   0223071111 P S SRC            SOFTWARE PROGRAM ERROR

BA431EB7   0223071111 P S SRC            SOFTWARE PROGRAM ERROR

Column-1 : ErrorID
    Error Identifier can be used to get the full report from either errorlog using -j flag or from the error-template repository in combination with -t flag.

Column-2 : TIMESTAMP
    The timestamp can be interpreted like the following.
    0224092911 : (02 = Month, 24 = Day, 09 = Hour, 29 = Minutes, 11 = Year)

Column-3 : TYPE OF ERROR
    P - Permanent
    T - Temporary

Column-4 : ERRCLASS
    H - Hardware
    S - Software
    O - Operator Notice(Intiated with errlogger command)
    U - Undetermined

Column-5 : RESOURCE NAME
    The name of the resource that detected the error. It may not be the component having the problem.

Column-6: DESCRIPTION
    A short description of the error message extracted from the Template repository

A detailed format for a single identifier - Sample Output

# errpt -a -j 49A83216
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LABEL:          DISK_ERR4
IDENTIFIER:     49A83216

Date/Time:       Thu Feb 24 09:29:15 CST 2011
Sequence Number: 25
Machine Id:      000788574C00
Node Id:         localhost
Class:           H
Type:            TEMP
Resource Name:   hdisk0
Resource Class: disk
Resource Type:   scsd
Location:        P1/Z1-A0
VPD:
        Manufacturer................IBM
        Machine Type and Model......ST318305LW
        FRU Number..................09P4429
        ROS Level and ID............43353042
        Serial Number...............000A2D99
        EC Level....................H11936
        Part Number.................09P4428
        Device Specific.(Z0)........000003129F00013E
        Device Specific.(Z1)........0501C50B
        Device Specific.(Z2)........1000
        Device Specific.(Z3)........02121
        Device Specific.(Z4)........0001
        Device Specific.(Z5)........22
        Device Specific.(Z6)........162870 C

Description
DISK OPERATION ERROR

Probable Causes
MEDIA
DASD DEVICE

User Causes
MEDIA DEFECTIVE

        Recommended Actions
        FOR REMOVABLE MEDIA, CHANGE MEDIA AND RETRY
        PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES

Failure Causes
MEDIA
DISK DRIVE

        Recommended Actions
        FOR REMOVABLE MEDIA, CHANGE MEDIA AND RETRY
        PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES

Detail Data
PATH ID
           0
SENSE DATA
0A00 0000 2800 00DB 67B0 0000 1800 0000 0200 0400 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001A 0000

* Source Article from : Internet

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

AIX errpt error output explained - Dissecting errpt output