Add Resource To Resource List; Aix Shell Prompt; Analyze Adapter Internal Log; Backup And Restore Media - IBM pSeries 690 User Manual

Add Resource to Resource List

Use this task to add resources back to the resource list.
Note: Only resources that were previously detected by the diagnostics and deleted from the Diagnostic
Test List are listed. If no resources are available to be added, then none are listed.

AIX Shell Prompt

Note: Use this service aid in Online Service Mode only.
This service aid allows access to the AIX command line. To use this service aid, the user must know the
root password (when a root password has been established).
Note: Do not use this task to install code or to change the configuration of the system. This task is
intended to view files, configuration records, and data. Using this service aid to change the system
configuration or install code can produce unexplained system problems after exiting the diagnostics.

Analyze Adapter Internal Log

The PCI RAID adapter has an internal log that logs information about the adapter and the disk drives
attached to the adapter. Whenever data is logged in the internal log, the device driver copies the entries to
the AIX system error log and clears the internal log.
The Analyze Adapter Internal Log service aid analyzes these entries in the AIX system error log. The
service aid displays the errors and the associated service actions. Entries that do not require any service
actions are ignored.
When running this service aid, a menu is presented to enter the start time, the end time, and the file
name. The start time and end time have the following format: [mmddHHMMyy]. (where mm is the month
(1-12), dd is the date (1-31) HH is the hour (00-23) MM is the minute (00-59), and yy is the last two digits
of the year (00-99). The file name is the location where the user wants to store the output data.
To invoke the service aid task from the command line, type:
diag -c -d devicename -T "adapela [-s start date -e end date]
Flag Description
-c Specifies not console mode.
-d devicename
Specifies the device whose internal log you want to analyze (for example, SCRAID0)
-s start date Specifies all errors after this date are analyzed.
-e end date Specifies all errors before this date are analyzed.
-T Specifies the Analyze Adapter Internal Log task
Note: To specify a file name from the command line, use the redirection operator at the end of the
command to specify where the output of the command is to be sent, for example > filename
(where filename is the name and location where the user wants to store the output data (for
example, /tmp/adaptlog).

Backup and Restore Media

This service aid allows verification of backup media and devices. It presents a menu of tape and diskette
devices available for testing and prompts for selecting the desired device. It then presents a menu of
available backup formats and prompts for selecting the desired format. The supported formats are tar,
backup, and cpio. After the device and format are selected, the service aid backs up a known file to the
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