
OnLine Message Log 8-3
In This Chapter
Thischapterintroducesthe OnLine MessageLog,aUNIX filespecifiedbythe
MSGPATH configuration file parameter.
OnLine Message Log
ThemessagescontainedintheOnLinemessagelograrelyrequireimmediate
action. (Situations that require your immediate attention are reported
through error messages or status messages sent to the system console.)
Fourgeneralcategoriesofmessagescanbedefined, althoughsomemessages
fall into more than one category:
■ Routine information
■ Consistency check reported (refer to page 4-6)
■ Administrative action needed
■ Fatal error detected
The messagesreflect their traditional use by Informix technical staff to assist
in troubleshooting and diagnostics. The information they report often falls
into the category of “unexpected events” that might or might not develop
intoproblemscaught by othererrorcodes.Moreover, themessagesareterse,
and often extremelytechnical andfragmented. Thatis, they reporton oneor
twoisolatedstatisticswithoutprovidingaclearpictureofwhatishappening.
When technical staff are investigating a problem, this information is useful
forsuggestingpossibleresearchpaths.Butoutofcontext,orwhenprocessing
is proceeding normally, the information might have little or no application
for an administrator.
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