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# 1  
Old 05-05-2011
AIX power problem cron message on screen
Hello,

I keep getting this message even after i removed it from the cron enteries it was added automatically

Code:
Broadcast message from root@oradb (tty) at 12:00:00 ...

 rc.powerfail:2::WARNING!!! The system is now operating with a power problem.    This message will be walled every 12 hours. Remove this crontab entry after the         problem is resolved.



Broadcast message from root@oradb (tty) at 12:00:00 ...

 rc.powerfail:2::WARNING!!! The system is now operating with a power problem.    This message will be walled every 12 hours. Remove this crontab entry after the         problem is resolved.

Could someone tell me what is this message ?

Code:
errpt | more
B9735AF4   0416125211 P H dac0           SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE
B9735AF4   0416123511 P H dac0           SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE
B9735AF4   0416120011 P H dac0           SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE
B9735AF4   0416114311 P H dac0           SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE
B9735AF4   0416112511 P H dac0           SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE
B9735AF4   0416105011 P H dac0           SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE
B9735AF4   0416103311 P H dac0           SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE

errpt -a 
LABEL:          FCP_ARRAY_ERR6
IDENTIFIER:     B9735AF4

Date/Time:        الخميس  5 مايو 18:52:25
Sequence Number: 156521
Machine Id:      0059C87D4C00
Node Id:         oradb
Class:           H
Type:            PERM
Resource Name:   dac0
Resource Class:  array
Resource Type:   ibm-dac-V4
Location:        U0.1-P1-I5/Q1-W200500A0B816E56F
VPD:
        Manufacturer................IBM
        Machine Type and Model......1722-600
        Part Number.................12846-00
        ROS Level and ID............0520

Description
SUBSYSTEM COMPONENT FAILURE

Probable Causes
ARRAY DASD MEDIA
POWER OR FAN COMPONENT

Failure Causes
ARRAY DASD MEDIA
POWER OR FAN COMPONENT

        Recommended Actions
        PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES

Detail Data
SENSE DATA
0600 0308 0000 FF00 0000 0004 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 7000 0600
0000 0098 0000 0000 3FC7 0600 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 8049 0000 0000 0000 0000
0008 0D00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 3154 3530 3736 3535 3238 2020 2020
2020 0612 1600 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0005 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 36B7 B823 3035 3035 3131 2F30 3535 3634 3600 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 3573 7000 F205 2101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LABEL:          FCP_ARRAY_ERR6
IDENTIFIER:     B9735AF4

# 2  
Old 05-05-2011
Generally when I see this it is related to a power supply failure. When the system detects a power supply failure it will put the entry in the crontab file to remind you every day of the failure. If you removed the entry from the crontab file and it is still notifying you then most likely it is cached.

To restart the cron daemon to refreshing what cron has cached up.

Code:
root@foobar:/ $ ps -ef | grep cron | grep -v grep
    root  15280      1   0   Apr 12      -  1:20 /usr/sbin/cron

root@foobar:/ $ kill 15280

It should auto start after you kill it. Just run the ps command again to make sure it is running again with a different PID number.
Last edited by juredd1; 05-05-2011 at 02:54 PM.. Reason: fix syntax
# 3  
Old 05-05-2011
I suspect there is another errpt entry causing the cron entry.

Try:
diag
enter to get through the messages
task selection
log a repair action
highlight sysplanar0
hit enter to select it, a "+" sign appears next to it.
hit F7 to commit the selection

This should stop diag ELA from repopulating the cron table and also log an errpt entry showing a repair action for sysplanar0 - which "owns" the power components in the system.

Then wait a day or so, if it comes back then check the errpt and the led lights on the power supplies, if the message comes back you may have a dead psu, if not it was probably caused by a power outage.

From your posted errpt entry you should also check out your DS4k storage MEL (major event log) for problems.

HTH.
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