Diagela Messages in AIX

Some time you get diagela messages/emails for hardware related errors and interested in where it coming from, you can follow the procedure to add/modify the mailing list.


Example of email
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From: System id <root@servername.domainname>
To:   Mailinglist
Subject: diagela message from <servername>

A PROBLEM WAS DETECTED ON Thu Apr 10 05:56:35 EDT 2013  801014
                 
The Service Request Number(s)/Probable Cause(s) (causes are listed in descending order of probability):

  2523-8009: Impending Cache Battery Pack failure.
  Error log information:
  Date: Thu Apr 10 05:56:27 EDT 2013
  Sequence number: 684196
  Label: SISIOA_BAT_T
  n/a              FRU: 97P6516             Cache Battery Pack  
  U787B.001.DNW6363-P1-C3
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Solution:

# smit
Problem Determination
      Hardware Diagnostics
            Current Shell Diagnostics  < 2 time>
                  Task Selection (Diagnostics, Advanced Diagnostics, Service Aids, etc.)
                        Automatic Error Log Analysis and Notification < 2 times>
                              Display the error notification mailing list


DISPLAY THE ERROR NOTIFICATION LIST                              802108

The following email addresses and system users are currently being
notified of hardware problems.

Press Enter to continue.

Mailinglist@domainname.com