E.4 Command Messages

Command messages will be sent to standard output or standard error output. Output format is as follows.

    SDX:command: severity: message

The command gives the command name, severity the severity of the message, and message the message text body.

Command message will also be output to the following log file.

    /var/opt/FJSVsdx/msglog/sdxservd.log

Output format is as follows.

    Mon Day HH:MM:SS SDX:daemon: severity: message

Mon gives the month the message was output, Day the date, HH the hour, MM the minute, SS the second, daemon the daemon program name, severity the severity of the message, and message the message text body.

Message Numbers

The message numbers used to identify messages described in E.4.1 to E.4.5 do not appear in messages actually output by GDS commands.

Variable Names

Italicized words in the messages are variable names, and the actual output will vary depending on the situation. The meaning and the format of the variable names used in the message explanation are described below.

Variable names	Descriptions
class	Class name
disk	Disk name
group	Group name
lgroup	Lower level group name
hgroup	Higher level group name
volume	Volume name
disk.volume	Slice name
object.volume	Slice name
master	Master object name
proxy	Proxy object name
object	Object name (or physical disk name)
status	Object status
device	Physical disk name (cCtTdD,cCdD,mphdI,mplbI,emcpowerN) where C is the controller number, T is the target ID, D is the disk number, I is the instance number, and N is the emcpower device number.
pslice	Physical slice name (cCtTdDs{0-7},cCdDs{0-7},mphdIs{0-7},mplbIs{0-7},emcpowerN{a-h}) where C is the controller number, T is the target ID, D is the disk number, I is the instance number, N is the emcpower device number,{0-7} is the slice number with 1 digit from 0 to 7,and {a-h} is the slice number with one alphabet from a to h.
node	Node identifier or node name.
attribute	Attribute name
value	Attribute value
param	Parameter name
val	Parameter value
size	Number of blocks (in sectors), (decimal number)
option	Command options.
usage	Syntax when using command.
letter	Characters
details	Details
errno	System call error number (decimal)
sdxerrno	Internal error number defined by GDS (decimal)
string	Other character strings

GDS: Global Disk Services

Explanation

Messages output by command are shown below in the order of severity. There are four levels of severity.

Level of importance	Descriptions
ERROR	This message if output to indicate the cause when a command terminates abnormally.
WARNING	This message is output as a warning when an abnormal event is detected. It will not always result in an abnormal termination of the command.
INFO	This message is output to record the command operation.
TO FIX	This message is output to show you how to fix the command. Usually it outputs command syntax.