eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by 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!

This test is disabled by default. To enable the test, go to the ENABLE / DISABLE TESTS page using the menu sequence : Agents -> Tests -> Enable/Disable, pick AIX as the Component type, Performance as the Test type, choose this test from the DISABLED TESTS list, and click on the << button to move the test to the ENABLED TESTS list. Finally, click the Update button.

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

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each error type logged into the error log file of the target server being monitored

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
error_count Indicates the total number of errors of this type logged into the error log during the last measurement period. Number The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the Label, Error time, Error type, Resource name, Description and Detail data relevant to the error.