Automatically e-mail error report entries

You can automatically forward all error report entries to your email. This next part describes how to do that. 

Create a file like this:

# cat /tmp/mailgeorge
errnotify:
  en_name="mailgeorge"
  en_persistenceflg=1
  en_method="errpt -a -l $1|mail -s \"errpt: $9\" abc@email.com"

Add this to the ODM:

# odmadd /tmp/mailgeorge

Now log an entry in the error report:

# errlogger "My coffee is cold"

You will see in the error report:

# errpt -a
----------------------------------------------------
LABEL:          OPMSG
IDENTIFIER:     AA8AB241

Date/Time:       Tue Oct  6 15:57:58 CDT 2009
Sequence Number: 585
Machine Id:      0004D6EC4C00
Node Id:         hostname
Class:           O
Type:            TEMP
Resource Name:   OPERATOR

Description
OPERATOR NOTIFICATION

User Causes
ERRLOGGER COMMAND

        Recommended Actions
        REVIEW DETAILED DATA

Detail Data
MESSAGE FROM ERRLOGGER COMMAND
My coffee is cold
Clear the error log again (because we logged a fake test-entry in the error report):
# errclear 0
Watch your email. You should receive the same error report entry in your email. 

By the way, you can delete this from the ODM like this:
# odmdelete -q 'en_name=mailgeorge' -o errnotify
More info here: http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/resources/aix-error-notification.html.