Hi,
just a short question:
Is a error label always equal to a error identifier?
So it does not matter if i search for an specific identifier (errpt -j) or a specific label (errpt -J)?
Regards
Ron
I am not sure if i understand what you mean. Maybe this link will help you.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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Hi bakunin,
thank you for response. My question seems to be "lost in translation" 
Next try: I wanted to know if the relationship between a errpt identifier and a errpt label is unique (1:1).
I guess it is but i am not sure.
Regards
Ron
PS
I found this page but it does not seem to work properly:
AIX and pSeries Information Center
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You asked about the difference between using the -j versus -J option...there can be a difference. The key is the system error template database. The following command will list the fields of the system error template database:
errpt -t #summary
or
errpt -at #full
Do these commands to see how many unique identifiers are in your template. I demonstrate by example.
[josephgr@freezer2 ras] errpt -t | head -1
Id Label Type CL Description
[josephgr@freezer2 ras] errpt -t | awk '{print $1}' | wc -l
454
[josephgr@freezer2 ras] errpt -t | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | wc -l
454
So I have 454 unique error identifiers because when I sort for uniqueness I get the same number without sorting for uniqueness.
Now lets do the same thing for error labels..
josephgr@freezer2 ras] errpt -t | head -1
Id Label Type CL Description]
[josephgr@freezer2 ras] errpt -t | awk '{print $2}' | wc -l
454
[josephgr@freezer2 ras] errpt -t | awk '{print $2}' | sort -u | wc -l
450
So some labels map to different identifiers since I only have 450 unique labels.
In my case I did this to find the labels that match to different identifiers...
[josephgr@freezer2 ras] errpt -t | egrep CPU_FAIL_CAP_REDUCT\|ECH_CANNOT_FAILOVER
080FC4F9 ECH_CANNOT_FAILOVER INFO H ETHERCHANNEL CANNOT FAIL OVER
0BD8A97C CPU_FAIL_CAP_REDUCT PEND S SPLPAR: CPU Failure - Capacity Reduction
12E7B75C CPU_FAIL_CAP_REDUCT INFO S SPLPAR: CPU Failure - Capacity Reduction
41007351 CPU_FAIL_CAP_REDUCT INFO S SPLPAR: CPU Failure - Capacity Reduction
6E913FBE ECH_CANNOT_FAILOVER INFO H ETHERCHANNEL CANNOT FAIL OVER
70BDA755 ECH_CANNOT_FAILOVER INFO H ETHERCHANNEL CANNOT FAIL OVER
Q.E.D.
However, note that they are not really the same message since there differ in type and classification for the most part, but not always.
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Very interesting, blackrageous! I am impressed. A few seemingly unconnected parts now make perfect sense.
bakunin