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Old 04-20-2013
Help with list of known errors

i want to know the type of error strings to watch for in any log file, whether it be system log or application log.

yes, i understand that there will be false positives as some errors may not carry as much impact in other organizations. but i would just like to have a list of known strings that have helped many of you long term system admins/application developers identify legit issues.

i'll start it off.

system related errors:

Code:
"kernel.*panic"
"core.*dump"
"nfs.*timed out"

(DB) application related errors:

Code:
ORA-0600
ORA-06650
ORA-06653

etc

i would appreciate any additional input from anyone.

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-21-2013 at 12:40 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 04-20-2013
Just my two bits...

I would say it's hard to generalize. You have identified many potential keywords. But I think you really have to look through the specific log files to figure out which specific keywords you will need to use, and you might need to modify the keyword list over time, as some new thing crops up. And hopefully the man page for the log file of interest has a list of error messages.
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Old 04-21-2013
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Originally Posted by hanson44
Just my two bits...

I would say it's hard to generalize. You have identified many potential keywords. But I think you really have to look through the specific log files to figure out which specific keywords you will need to use, and you might need to modify the keyword list over time, as some new thing crops up. And hopefully the man page for the log file of interest has a list of error messages.
thank you mr. hanson. Smilie

im aware that i will need to modify the keyword list over time. but i have a specific reason why i'm seeking to gather all the keywords i can gather.

im sure over the years, many of you havebeen able too identify major issues by seeing specifying lines in your logs. i would like to know what those lines are. what strings/patterns they contain.

im hoping everyone reading this can just chime in with their 2 cents and drop a few keywords they know of.
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Old 04-21-2013
Here are few Oracle DB/utilities error patterns that I would like to add:
Code:
ORA-.*          -       RDBMS Errors            -       E.g. ORA-02445: Exceptions table not found
TNS-.*          -       SQL*Net Errors          -       E.g. TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
RMAN-.*         -       RMAN Errors             -       E.g. RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
PLS-.*          -       PL/SQL Errors           -       E.g. PLS-00049: bad bind variable "string"
EXP-.*          -       Export Errors           -       E.g. EXP-00002 error in writing to export file
IMP-.*          -       Import Errors           -       E.g. IMP-00002 failed to open string for read

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Old 04-21-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoda
Here are few Oracle DB/utilities error patterns that I would like to add:
Code:
ORA-.*          -       RDBMS Errors            -       E.g. ORA-02445: Exceptions table not found
TNS-.*          -       SQL*Net Errors          -       E.g. TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
RMAN-.*         -       RMAN Errors             -       E.g. RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
PLS-.*          -       PL/SQL Errors           -       E.g. PLS-00049: bad bind variable "string"
EXP-.*          -       Export Errors           -       E.g. EXP-00002 error in writing to export file
IMP-.*          -       Import Errors           -       E.g. IMP-00002 failed to open string for read

thank you so much. this is exactly what i'm looking for. any more inputs from anyone will be much appreciated!!!
 
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