Default Parameters for ErrorReportTest

AIX provides comprehensive logging of events-some are errors requiring attention and others are just notifications.AIX offers different logs depending on the action and when it occurred. These logs hold information on the boot-up process, console, hardware and system software events. These erros are generally categorized in to three types Permanent, Temporary, and Informational. The errpt command generates an error report from entries in an error log. This test reads this error report generated and reports the number of errors of each type logged in the error log file. This way, administrators may identify the error type that is more critical and take remedial measures to rectify the same before any severe issue crops up!

Note:This test reads an error report generated by running errpt command and reports measures. To enable the test to read the error report, the eG agent should possess read-only permission to the following files:

/var/adm/ras/errlog

/var/adm/ras/errtmplt

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the ErrorReportTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.