ORACLE ZFS STORAGE APPLIANCE - HOW TO CHECK ALERT LOGS ON ZFS HEADS?

Following are various commands to check alert logs on the ZFS heads.

Checking all alert logs on the ZFS heads

 

Following is command to check all the alerts on ZFS.

maintenance logs select alert show

Below is sample output.

Entries:

Minor Alert
entry-2790 2020-12-24 21:47:34 XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, Full IP connectivity via interface ipmp1 has been established., Minor
Alert
entry-2791 2020-12-24 21:47:34 XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, Full IP connectivity via interface ipmp2 has been established., Minor
Alert

 

Checking More details ln specific Alert on ZFS heads

 

Following is command to use to get more details on specific alert on ZFS heads.

maintenance logs select alert select entry-2815 show

Replace entry-2815 in above command with the alert ID from the alerts list.

 

Below is sample output.

Properties:
timestamp = 2020-12-24 21:54
uuid = XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
description = Full IP connectivity via interface pffff_ibp1 has been established.
type = Minor Alert

Checking Specific Alert types like Minor Alerts, Major Alerts and Critical Faults on ZFS heads

 

Following are commands to check specific alert types like Minor Alerts, Major Alerts and Critical Faults on ZFS heads.

maintenance logs select alert select type="Minor Alert"

maintenance logs select alert select type=“Major Alert"

 

maintenance logs select alert select type=“Critical Fault"

 

Below is sample output of above command for e.g. for Minor Alert.

 

error: "type="Minor Alert"" matches more than one entry: entry-2787, entry-2788, entry-2789, entry-2790, entry-2791, entry-2792, entry-2793,
entry-2800, entry-2803, entry-2804, entry-2805, entry-2806, entry-2807, entry-2808, entry-2809, entry-2810, entry-2811, entry-2812,
entry-2813, entry-2814, entry-2815, entry-2816, entry-2817, entry-2818, entry-2819, entry-2820, entry-2821, entry-2822, entry-2823,
entry-2824, entry-2825, entry-2828, entry-2829, entry-2830, entry-2831, entry-2835, entry-2836, entry-2837, entry-2838, entry-2839,
entry-2842, entry-2843, entry-2844, entry-2845, entry-2846, entry-2847, entry-2848, entry-2849, entry-2851, entry-2852, entry-2853,
entry-2854, entry-2855, entry-2856, entry-2857, entry-2858, entry-2859, entry-2860, entry-2861, entry-2862, entry-2863, entry-2864,
entry-2865, entry-2866, entry-2867, entry-2871, entry-2872, entry-2873, entry-2874, entry-2875, entry-2876, entry-2881, entry-2882,
entry-2883, entry-2884, entry-2885 and entry-2886

 

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Products to which Article Applies

Oracle ZFS Storage heads.

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Article Author: Tarun Boyella