Friday, July 11, 2008

Viewing BOS installation logs using SMIT

You can use the SMIT fast path to view some logs in the /var/adm/ras directory.
To view some logs in the /var/adm/ras directory, you can use the following SMIT fast path:
smit alog_show
The resulting list contains all logs that are viewable with the alog command. Select from the list by pressing the F4 key

Viewing BOS installation logs

Information saved in BOS installation log files might help you determine the cause of installation problems.
To view BOS installation log files, type cd /var/adm/ras and view the files in this directory. One example is the devinst.log, which is a text file that can be viewed with any text editor or paged

Viewing BOS installation logs with the alog command

You can use the alog command to view some logs in the /var/adm/ras directory.
To view some logs in the /var/adm/ras directory, type:
alog -o -f bosinstlog

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