Display Or Change Diagnostic Run-Time Options - IBM pSeries 690 User Manual

Display or Change Diagnostic Run-Time Options

The Display or Change Diagnostic Run-Time Options task allows the diagnostic run-time options to be set.
Note: The run-time options are used only when selecting the Run Diagnostic task.
The run-time options are:
v Display Diagnostic Mode Selection Menus
This option allows the user to turn on or off displaying the DIAGNOSTIC MODE SELECTION MENU
(the default is on).
v Run Tests Multiple Times
This option allows the user to turn on or off, or specify a loop count, for diagnostic loop mode (the
default is off).
Note: This option is only displayed when you run the Online Diagnostics in Service Mode.
v Include Advanced Diagnostics
This option allows the user to turn on or off including the Advanced Diagnostics (the default is off).
v Include Error Log Analysis (not available in diagnostics 5.2.0 or later)
This option allows the user to turn on or off including the Error Log Analysis (ELA) (the default is off).
v Number of Days Used to Search Error Log
This option allows the user to select the number of days for which to search the AIX error log for errors
when running the Error Log Analysis. The default is seven days, but it can be changed from one to sixty
days.
v Display Progress Indicators
This option allows the user to turn on or off the progress indicators when running the Diagnostic
Applications. The progress indicators, in a box at the bottom of the screen, indicate that the test is being
run (the default is on).
v Diagnostic Event Logging
This option allows the user to turn on or off 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.
Use the diaggetrto command to display one or more diagnostic run-time options. Use the following AIX
command line syntax:
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/diaggetrto [-a] [-d] [-l] [-m] [-n] [-p] [-s]
Use the diagsetrto command to change one or more diagnostic run-time options. Use the following AIX
command line syntax:
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/diagsetrto [-a on|off] [-d on|off] [-l size]
[-m on|off] [-n days] [-p on|off]
Flag descriptions for the diaggetrto and diagsetrto commands are as follows:
Flag Description
-a Displays or changes the value of the Include Advanced Diagnostics option.
-d Displays or changes the value of the Diagnostic Event Logging option.
-l Displays or changes the value of the Diagnostic Event Log File Size. Allowable size are between
100K and 1000K in increments of 100K. The size may never be decreased.
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