Display Information About Defective Services

The fmadm list-defect command can display information about problems in SMF services.

  1. Become an administrator.
  2. To display information about the components, enter the command:

    fmadm list-defect

    See the following example for a description of the text generated.

Example 2-3 fmadm list-defect Output

The following example shows a defect with a system's Memory Reference Code (MRC):

# fmadm list-defect
--------------- ------------------------------------  -------------- ---------
TIME            EVENT-ID                              MSG-ID         SEVERITY
--------------- ------------------------------------  -------------- ---------
Apr 29 2000     14cfc32b-fc99-47c3-975c-daac16863ff5  SPX86A-8005-L6 Critical 

Problem Status    : open
Diag Engine       : fdd / 1.0
System
    Manufacturer  : Oracle Corporation
    Name          : ORACLE SERVER X6-2L
    Part_Number   : 1234567
    Serial_Number : 1234567
    Host_ID       : (null)

----------------------------------------
Suspect 1 of 1 :
   Problem class : defect.memory.intel.mrc.internal
   Certainty   : 100%

   FRU
     Status           : faulty
     Location         : "/SYS"
     Manufacturer     : Oracle Corporation
     Name             : ORACLE SERVER X6-2L
     Part_Number      : 1234567
     Revision         : unknown
     Serial_Number    : X6-2L_014
     Chassis
        Manufacturer  : Oracle Corporation
        Name          : ORACLE SERVER X6-2L
        Part_Number   : 1234567
        Serial_Number : X6-2L_014
   Resource
     Status           : faulted but still in service

Description : An error in the Memory Reference Code (MRC) has been detected.

Response    : The chassis wide service-required LED will be illuminated.

Impact      : The system is unable to power on.

Action      : Please refer to the associated reference document at
              http://support.oracle.com/msg/SPX86A-8005-L6 for the latest
              service procedures and policies regarding this diagnosis.