fmdump(8)

NAME fmdump - view fault management logs

SYNOPSIS fmdump

fmdump [-e] [-f] [-M] [-v] [-V] [-cclass] [-ttime] [-Ttime] [-uuuid] fmdump -m[-M] [-ttime] [-Ttime]

fmdump -h

DESCRIPTION The fmdump utility displays the contents of any of the logs associated with the Fault Manager (fault manager daemon). The Fault Manager runs in the background on each server. It records, in the error log, faults detected by the XSCF, and initiates proactive self-healing activities, such as disabling faulty components.

The Fault Manager maintains two sets of logs for use by administrators and service personnel:

Error log

Records error telemetry, the symptoms of problems detected by

 

the system

Fault log

Records fault diagnosis information; the problems believed to

 

explain these symptoms. By default, fmdump displays the

 

contents of the fault log, which records the result of each

 

diagnosis made by the fault manager or one of its component

 

modules.

Each problem recorded in the fault log is identified by:

■The time of its diagnosis

■A Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) that can be used to uniquely identify this particular problem across any set of systems

■A message identifier (MSG-ID) that can be used to access a corresponding knowledge article located at the specified website.

If a problem requires action by a human administrator or service technician or affects system behavior, the Fault Manager also issues a human-readable message.

This message provides a summary of the problem and a reference to the knowledge article on the specified website.

You can use the -vand -Voptions to expand the display from a single-line summary to increased levels of detail for each event recorded in the log. You can also use the -Moption to display only one screen at a time. The -c, -t, -T, and -uoptions can be used to filter the output by selecting only those events that match the specified class, range of times, or uuid. If more than one filter option is present on the command line, the options combine to display only those events that are selected by the logical AND of the options. If more than one instance of the same

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