Error-logging facility

The error-logging facility records hardware and software failures in the error log for information purposes or for fault detection and corrective action.

Refer to the following to use the error-logging facility:

In AIX® Version 4 some of the error log commands are delivered in an optionally installable package called bos.sysmgt.serv_aid. The base system (bos.rte) includes the following services for logging errors to the error log file:
  • errlog subroutines
  • errsave and errlast kernel service
  • error device driver (/dev/error)
  • error daemon
  • errstop command
The commands required for licensed program installation (errinstall and errupdate) are also included in bos.rte. For information on transferring your system's error log file to a system that has the Software Service Aids package installed, see Transferring Your Error Log to Another System.