Log file location

Review the default locations for the AIX® error log on AIX nodes, and the system log for Linux®, Windows, and Solaris nodes.

Table 1 identifies the default locations of the AIX error log on AIX nodes, and the system log on Linux, Windows and Solaris nodes.
Table 1. Default locations of the AIX error log, and the Linux, Windows, and Solaris system logs
AIX error log Linux system log Windows system log Solaris system log
By default, RSCT component subsystems store the error log file in /var/adm/ras/errlog.

It logs one entry for each occurrence of the condition. It logs the condition on every node on which the event occurred.

By default, RSCT component subsystems store the system log messages in /var/log/messages.

The system administrator, however, can change the default. It logs errors on the node(s) where the event occurred, unless the system administrator alters the default action of the system log to forward the errors to a remote system.

Consult the file /etc/syslog.conf to determine if information has been redirected or filtered.

RSCT component subsystems store the system log messages in /var/adm/log/messages.

It logs errors on the node(s) where the event occurred.

The system log messages are stored in /var/adm/messages* by default.

Errors are logged on the node(s) where the event occurred.