Viewing AIX Boot and Console Logs

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.


Let`s check how we can use the command alog to check out the boot and console logs:


Note:Kindly stay informed that I attached only random screen shoots which don`t cover
        and include all the output of the executed and invoked command!

To List the defined log types in AIX

# alog -L
boot
bosinst
nim
console
cfg
mdmplog
lvmt
lvmcfg
dumpsymp

To find out the properties of boot log file in AIX



#alog -L -t boot

To view the boot log

# alog -o -t log      (Note:below I attached 2 screenshots of the output of this command)

To view the console log

# alog -o -t  console         (View the console log)