The event log includes fields with information that you can use to diagnose problems.
Table 1 describes some of the fields that are available to assist you in diagnosing problems.
| Data field | Description |
|---|---|
| Event ID | This number precisely identifies why the event was logged. |
| Description | A short description of the event. |
| Status | Indicates whether the event requires
some attention. Alert: if a red icon with a cross is shown, follow the fix procedure or service action to resolve the event and turn the status green. Monitoring: the event is not yet of concern. Expired: the event no longer represents a concern. Message: provide useful information about system activity. |
| Error code | Indicates that the event represents an error in the system that can be fixed by following the fix procedure or service action that is identified by the error code. Not all events have an error code. Different events have the same error code if the same service action is required for each. |
| Sequence number | Identifies the event within the system. |
| Event count | The number of events that are coalesced into this event log record. |
| Object type | The object type to which the event relates. |
| Object ID | Uniquely identifies the object within the system to which the event relates. |
| Object name | The name of the object in the system to which the event relates. |
| Copy ID | If the object is a volume and the event refers to a specific copy of the volume, this field is the number of the copy to which the event relates. |
| Reporting node ID | Typically identifies the node responsible for the object to which the event relates. For events that relate to nodes, it identifies the node that logged the event, which can be different from the node that is identified by the object ID. |
| Reporting node name | Typically identifies the node that contains the object to which the event relates. For events that relate to nodes, it identifies the node that logged the event, which can be different from the node that is identified by the object name. |
| Fixed | Where an alert is shown for an error or warning condition, it indicates that the user marked the event as fixed, completed the fix procedure, or that the condition was resolved automatically. For a message event, this field can be used to acknowledge the message. |
| First time stamp | The time when this error event was reported. If events of a similar type are being coalesced together, so that one event log record represents more than one event, this field is the time the first error event was logged. |
| Last time stamp | The time when the last instance of this error event was recorded into this event log record. |
| Root sequence number | If set, it is the sequence number of an event that represents an error that probably caused this event to be reported. Resolve the root event first. |
| Sense data | Additional data that gives the details of the condition that caused the event to be logged. |