Errorlogging under Solaris

[TSch]

Hi folks,

I'm used to working with AIX, so you can imagine my frustration, when I kept looking for something like "errpt" on a Sun Solaris Server without success...

Is there anything similar?
How do I use it?

Thanks in advance !

Regards
Thomas

 

[Igaduma]

I have no clue wath errpt actually reports, got no AIX experience.
with sol you can use the management console for log-file viewing or you can check
/var/adm/messages

Most of the stuff that keeps you awake at night gets logged in there.

I

 

[Butterfly123]

In Solaris, logs are stored in couple of files, mainly under the /var folder. Checkout following log files:
/var/adm/messages file
/var/log/syslog (If you have syslogd running and /etc/syslog.conf has been configured..
/var/log/sulog file
/var/cron/log file

These files shall keep logs of the system.. THe applications running on your server may kep their logs somewhere else in the system..

Hope this helps..

Regards,

- Hemant

 

[vkostovic]

Solaris does not have similar tool to errpt.
The only way to check the errors in Solaris is to use /var/adm/messages file or dmesg file as described above.

For detailed hardware/software monitoring I would recommend installing Sun Management Center. This could give you the similar functionality of the AIX errpt tool.

Vlad