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Detecting and Managing Faults 49
The /var/adm directory contains several message files. The most recent messages
are in the /var/adm/messages file. After a period of time (usually every week), a
new messages file is automatically created. The original contents of the messages
file are rotated to a file named messages.1. Over a period of time, the messages are
further rotated to messages.2 and messages.3, and then deleted.
1. Log in as superuser.
2. Type the following command:
3. If you want to view all logged messages, type the following command:
Managing Components With Automatic
System Recovery Commands
These topics explain the role played by the Automatic System Recovery (ASR)
feature and how to manage the components it controls.
■ “ASR Overview” on page 50
■ “View the System Message Log Files” on page 49
■ “Display System Components” on page 51
■ “Disable System Components” on page 52
■ “Enable System Components” on page 53
ASR Overview
The ASR feature enables the server to automatically configure failed components out
of operation until they can be replaced. In the server, the following components are
managed by the ASR feature:
■ UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor strands
■ Memory FB-DIMMs
■ I/O subsystem
# more /var/adm/messages
# more /var/adm/messages*