option, additional menus, pop-ups and prompts may appear for each resource. Read
any text and carefully fill out any prompts before committing. The System Exerciser
Main Menu then displays. From this menu, the exercisers can be activated through
option 1 where they will continuously run until halted (option 2) or exited (option x). See
also the help text for information on how to use other available options.
When the task completes, any errors that were encountered are displayed for review.
Finally, an Exerciser Complete popup displays. To continue, press Enter. You are then
returned to the TASK SELECTION LIST menu. If miscompare errors were encountered,
run diagnostics on the resource. If the problem is not reported, contact service support.
If any other errors were encountered, select and run the Error Log Analysis task. If
Error Log Analysis does not report a problem, contact service support.
Exerciser Commands (CMD)
Use the following commands as needed in the exerciser menus and reports. Not all
commands are available in each menu or report.
CMD Description
a Acknowledge an error
b Back one page
c Toggle between cycle count and last error
e View the AIX error log
f Page forward one page
q Return to Main Menu
r Refresh screen
s Enable or disable beep on error
x Exit system exerciser
Abbreviations
The following list describes abbreviations used in the exerciser reports.
Acronym Description
COE Continue on error (use number to select).
CP Device has run the specified number of cycles and is not running.
DD The exerciser has been terminated by a signal.
ER Device has stopped with an error.
HG The device is hung.
HOE Halt on error (use number to select).
RN Device is running.
ST Device is stopped.
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