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View AIX Boot and Console Logs

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 Boot and console messages can be used to identify and fix problems. These messages are automatically stored on disk by AIX. To view the stored messages, use the alog command. 
For example,





To List the defined log types in AIX

 
alog -L                
 
 # alog -L
 boot
 bosinst
 nim
 console
 cfg
 dumpsymp
 


To View the boot log in AIX
  alog -o -t boot   


To View the console log in AIX  
  alog -o -t console    
To find out the properties of boot log file in AIX

 
 # alog -L -t boot
 file:size:verbosity
 /var/adm/ras/bootlog:131072:1
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