Solaris 10 Operating System: Displaying the List of Fault Management Architecture (FMA) Resources Currently Believed to Be Faulted (Doc ID 1018939.1)

Last updated on JUNE 13, 2023

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The purpose of this document is to describe how to query the Solaris 10 Operating System Fault Management Architecture (FMA) to display active faults within a system.

The most important aspect of FMA to understand is the distinction between errors and faults.
Errors are no longer simply written to the /var/adm/messages files for a human to diagnose, instead errors are used by the fmd (fault management daemon) to diagnose faults.
Only the faults are recorded in the /var/adm/messages files. In certain cases where multiple components are identified as suspect both the fault and error data may be required to confirm a diagnosis.

This document will cover:

• Solaris messages reported from an FMA fault
• How to display currently active FMA faults using fmadm faulty
• How to display further detail about specific faults using fmdump
• What data support will need in the event a diagnosis is not clear.

Please refer to:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/performance/selfheal-138059.html

for additional general information.

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