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OPAL_ERRD(8) ppc64-diag OPAL_ERRD(8)

NAME

opal_errd - Daemon to read/parse OPAL platform error(s)/event(s)

SYNOPSIS

opal_errd [-e file] [-m max] [-o dir] [-s sysfs] [-n max] [-a days] [-D | -w]

DESCRIPTION

Reads OPAL platform logs from sysfs and writes them to individual files under /var/log/opal-elog. Parses required fields from log and writes one line summary to syslog. Also acknowledges platform log.

OPTIONS

-e file
Specify custom path to OPAL dump extractor tool (default: /usr/sbin/extract_opal_dump)
-m max
Maximum number of dumps of a specific type to be retained
-o dir
Directory to save error/event logs (default: /var/log/opal-elog)
-s sysfs
Custom path to sysfs
-n max
Maximum number of elogs to keep (default: 1000)
-a days
Maximum age in days of elogs to keep (default: 30)
-D
Don't daemonize, just run once
-w
Watch for new events (default when daemon)
-h
Print the usage message and exit

FILES

/sys/firmware/opal/dump
Directory to find dump files from OPAL
/sys/firmware/opal/elog
Directory to find error log files from OPAL
/var/log/opal-elog
Default directory to store error logs
/usr/sbin/extract_opal_dump
Default path to dump extractor tool

SEE ALSO

opal-elog-dump(8)
2014-05-01 Linux