errpt alert mails

From the Managing AIX Server Farms redbook: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246606.pdf

#!/bin/ksh
#################################################################
#
# Program : hwalert
#
# Function : Send alerts for hardware Errors using the sendtrap script.
# This Program, once enabled, is called automatically every time
# a Permanent H/W Error is logged. This is achieved by inserting
# an entry into the odm which tells the system to run this script
# every time a particular error occurs.
#
# Parameters : hwalert {ENABLE | DISABLE | $* from odm}
#
# If you wish to exclude certain hardware alerts add the Error Label
# in the /etc/hwalert.exclude file.
# Any errors with that label will be ignored.
#################################################################
# This function actually changes the ODM entry.
# The ENABLE option will not remove any currently, then add the entry in.
function manipulate_odm
{
export ODMDIR="/etc/objrepos"
if [[ $1 = "ENABLE" ]] ; then
odmdelete -q "en_name=hwalert" -o errnotify > /dev/null
odmdelete -q "en_name=OPMSG" -o errnotify > /dev/null
odmdelete -q "en_name=custom" -o errnotify > /dev/null
# Add an ODM entry for PERM errors - this is a default entry
odmadd <<END__OF__ODM
errnotify:
en_pid = 0
en_name = "hwalert"
en_persistenceflg = 1
en_label = ""
en_crcid = 0
en_class = "H"
en_type = "PERM"
en_alertflg = ""
en_resource = ""
en_rtype = ""
en_rclass = ""
en_method = "$ROOT_PATH/hwalert \$1 \$2 \$3 \$4 \$5 \$6 \$7 \$8 \$9 \$10 \$11"
END__OF__ODM
errors=$(($errors+$?))
# Now add entries for other errpt events specified in config
if [[ -f /etc/errpt.alert ]] ; then
cat /etc/errpt.alert | \
# The following awk command must be one contiguous line.
awk -F: '!/^([ ]*#.*|[ ]*)$/{printf("errnotify:\nen_pid = 0\nen_name =\"custom\"\nen_persistenceflg = 1\nen_label = \"\"\nen_crcid = \"\"\nen_class =\"%s\"\nen_type = \"%s\"\nen_alertflg= \"\"\nen_resource = \"%s\"\nen_rtype =\"\"\nen_rclass = \"\"\nen_method = \"'$ROOT_PATH'/hwalert \$1 \$2 \$3 \$4 \$5\$6 \$7 \$8 \$9 \$10 \$11\"\n\n",$1,$2,$3);}' |\odmadd
fi
if [[ $errors -ne 0 ]] ; then
/usr/local/bin/sendtrap 4 "Failed to enable errpt /hardware
alerting - errpt/hardware alerting inoperable!"
fi
else
# Remove all errpt alerting
odmdelete -q"en_name=hwalert" -o errnotify > /dev/null 2>&1
odmdelete -q"en_name=custom" -o errnotify > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
}
# Main routine.
ROOT_PATH="/usr/local/bin"
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
print "Usage: ${0} ENABLE | DISABLE"
exit 0
fi
# Check if it is running as root user.
if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]] ; then
print "$0 must be run as root"
exit
fi
if [[ $1 = +(ENABLE|DISABLE) ]] ; then
manipulate_odm $1
exit 0
fi
Error_Seq=$1
Appendix B. Example scripts 317
Identifier=$2
Device=$6
Label=$9
# There may be some hardware errors we wish to exclude. Therefore,
# check that the error type received does not exist in the hwalert.exclude.
if [[ -e /etc/hwalert.exclude ]] && grep -q "^$Label$" /etc/hwalert.exclude
then
exit 0
fi
print "1 is $1 2 is $2 3 is $3 4 is $4 5 is $5 6 is $6 7 is $7" > /tmp/ping
Message="System error $Label on $Device - please investigate errpt for details"
# Send alert via sendtrap.
/usr/local/bin/sendtrap 2 "$Message"

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Sorry I misread you asked for e-mail notification. This is for snmp sendtrap.

I have it this way a script
#!/bin/ksh
errpt | pg > errpt.txt
mail -s "errpt output" mel@mail < errpt.txt
Then save the script,  then added to crontab
0 8 * * * /error.sh

madunix

madunix,
is it really a good idea to send the complete errorlog once a day?

Thx woolmilkporc , the suggestion worked good