09-02-2011
AIX Shutdown Investigation
- AIX error log (read with the errpt command)
- /var/adm/wtmp account file (read with the last command)
- /var/adm/pacct account files (read with the lastcomm command)
- AIX console log (read with the alog -t console -o command)
- su log file (read with cat /var/adm/sulog)
- Shell history file (read with the fc command)
- /etc/shutdown.log file (read with cat /etc/shutdown.log)
aim performing this steps to investigate why server was shutdown, but i don't find any reason , as no user was connected to the server ???
who can i find hte reason why system had shutdown?
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