Clear Exadata Component Messages after Maintenance

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What can you do if you’ve completed maintenance in a component (a memory component, as per the example below) but keep receiving failure messages?

First, try clearing all the error messages after completing the maintenance. Now, check if the threshold is reached again. If so, you may need to replace it.

How can you do it? Easy: use the ILOM (Integrated Lights Out Manager) interface from the ssh command line.

ssh [email protected]
-> show /SYS/MB/P0/D3
Expected:
[...]
fault_state = Faulted
[..]
-> set /SYS/MB/P0/D3 clear_fault_action=true
Are you sure you want to clear /SYS/MB/P0/D3 (y/n)? y
-> show /SYS/MB/P0/D3
[Expected]
 /SYS/MB/P0/D3
    Targets:
        PRSNT
        SERVICE
Properties:
type = DIMM
ipmi_name = MB/P0/D3
fru_name = 16384MB DDR4 SDRAM DIMM
fru_manufacturer = Samsung
fru_part_number = %
fru_rev_level = 01
fru_serial_number = %
   fault_state = OK
clear_fault_action = (none)

I hope this helps if you’re facing this issue.

If you have any questions or thoughts, please leave them in the comments.

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Well known in the Oracle community in Latin America and Europe where he participates regularly in technology events, Matheus is actually the youngest Oracle ACE Director in the world. Lead Database Consultant at Pythian, Matheus is a Computer Scientist by PUCRS and has been working as an Oracle DBA for the last 10 years.

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