IBM RS/6000 44P - Manual (Page 145)

This option allows the user to enable the progress indicators when running the
Diagnostic Applications. The progress indicators display at the bottom of the screen,
which indicate that the test being run (the default is on).
v Diagnostic Event Logging
This option allows the user to enable logging information to the Diagnostic Event Log
(the default is on).
v Diagnostic Event Log File Size
This option allows the user to select the maximum size of the Diagnostic Event Log.
The default size for the Diagnostic Event Log is 100 KB. The size can be increased
in 100 KB increments to a maximum of 1 MB.
Display Previous Diagnostic Results
Note: This service aid is not available when you load the diagnostics from a source
other than a hard disk drive or a network.
This service aid allows a service representative to display result from a previous
diagnostic session. When the Display Previous Diagnostic Results option is selected,
the user can view up to 25 no trouble found (NTF) and service request number (SRN)
results.
This service aid displays Diagnostic Event Log information, which can be displayed in
either short or long version. The information is displayed in reverse chronological order.
This information is not from the AIX operating system error log. This information is
stored in the /var/adm/ras directory.
You can run the command from the AIX command line by typing:
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/diagrpt [[-o] | [-smmddyy mmddyy] | [-a] | [-r]]
Flag Description
-o Displays the last diagnostic results file stored in the
/etc/lpp/diagnostics/data directory
-s mmddyy Displays all diagnostic result files logged since the date specified
-a Displays the long version of the Diagnostic Event Log
-r Displays the short version of the Diagnostic Event Log
Display Resource Attributes
This task displays the Customized Device Attributes associated with a selected
resource. This task is similar to running the lsattr -E -l
resource command.
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