Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server

alsoviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(astheASMevent
log).FormoreinformationaboutIMM2errormessages,seeAppendixA“IntegratedManagementModule
II(IMM2)errormessages”onpage331
.
•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMM2chassis-event
log(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlog
throughtheDSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage142
).Formore
informationaboutDSAandDSAmessages,see“LenovoDynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage144and
AppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage989.
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility
UsethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility.
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.SelectSystemEventLogsanduseoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•ToviewthePOSTeventlog,selectPOSTEventViewers.
•Toviewthesystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
Usethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver.
IftheserverisnothungandtheIMM2isconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewone
ormoreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Portable,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog
(astheIPMIeventlog),ortheIMM2eventlog(astheASMeventlog),theoperating-systemeventlogs,or
themergedDSAlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyoumustrestarttheserver
touseDSAPreboot.ToinstallDSAPortableorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionofDSAPrebootCD
image,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-DSA.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onIBMLinuxplatforms.
YoucanviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughtheEventLoglinkintheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage116
.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thefirstthreeconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
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