Viewing compiled hacmp.out event summaries

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In the hacmp.out file, event summaries appear after those events that are initiated by the Cluster Manager. For example, node_up and node_up_complete and related subevents such as node_up_local and node_up_remote_complete.

Note that event summaries do not appear for all events; for example, when you move a resource group through SMIT.

The View Event Summaries option displays a compilation of all event summaries written to a node's hacmp.out file. This utility can gather and display this information even if you have redirected the hacmp.out file to a new location. You can also save the event summaries to a file of your choice instead of viewing them via SMIT.

Note: Event summaries pulled from the hacmp.out file are stored in the /usr/es/sbin/cluster/cl_event_summary.txt file. This file continues to accumulate as hacmp.out cycles, and is not automatically truncated or replaced. Consequently, it can grow too large and crowd your /usr directory. You should clear event summaries periodically, using the Remove Event Summary History option in SMIT.

This feature is node-specific. Therefore, you cannot access one node's event summary information from another node in the cluster. Run the View Event Summaries option on each node for which you want to gather and display event summaries.

The event summaries display is a good way to get a quick overview of what has happened in the cluster lately. If the event summaries reveal a problem event, you will probably want to examine the source hacmp.out file to see full details of what happened.

Note: If you have set your formatting options for hacmp.out to Default (None), then no event summaries will be generated. The View Event Summaries command will yield no results.