NAME

sysdiag − system diagnostics

SYNOPSIS

/usr/diag/sysdiag/sysdiag

DESCRIPTION

Sysdiag is a general-purpose system diagnostic facility that tests the system and reports its findings.  It concentrates on three areas of system functionality; memory, peripherals and disk. 

To use sysdiag, log on as sysdiag, then enter the command sysdiag. 

Sysdiag creates a Suntools environment with one window each for memory, peripherals, and disk error messages, plus a window for the console.  It also creates date/time and performance monitor graphs.  It places abbreviated error messages from the memory, disk, and peripherals in the appropriate windows, and sends console messages to the console window. 

When called from a terminal sysdiag interleaves all its messages on the screen. 

With or without the windows, it places long error messages in files named log.xx.nn where:

xxis the name of diagnostic

nnis the pass number (increments each pass)

After it completes its test, sysdiag displays the error log files by executing the command more log∗.  These files remain after sysdiag exits. 

Sysdiag consists of a user account with a home directory, a collection of scripts, and executable files containing the actual test code. 

To configure or change sysdiag, either change the shell commands in /usr/diag/sysdiag/sysdiag, or change the sysdiag user configuration files .login, .suntools, and .cshrc. 

SEE ALSO

See the appropriate Sun-2 or Sun-3 diagnostic manual. 

Sun Release 3.2  —  Last change: 10 March 1986