symevent - how to clear historical errors

Question

symevent command shows historical errors even after faulty hardware replaced. please find the output below. These fatal errors logged on March 1st but its still shows today. How to clear the old error messages? Detection time           Dir    Src  Category     Severity     Error Num------------------------ ------ ---- ------------ ------------ ----------Thu Mar 01 17:03:08 2012 DF-9A  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:09 2012 DF-9B  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:10 2012 DF-9C  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:11 2012 DF-9D  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:12 2012 FA-9E  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:13 2012 FA-9F  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:14 2012 FA-9G  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:15 2012 FA-9H  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:18 2012 FA-9E  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:20 2012 FA-9F  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Detection time           Dir    Src  Category     Severity     Error Num------------------------ ------ ---- ------------ ------------ ----------Thu Mar 01 17:03:21 2012 FA-9H  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 17:03:22 2012 FA-9G  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:33 2012 DF-8A  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:34 2012 DF-8B  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:35 2012 DF-8C  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:36 2012 DF-8D  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:38 2012 FA-8E  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:39 2012 FA-8F  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:40 2012 SE-8G  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:41 2012 RE-8H  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Detection time           Dir    Src  Category     Severity     Error Num------------------------ ------ ---- ------------ ------------ ----------Thu Mar 01 18:14:42 2012 DF-8D  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:44 2012 FA-8E  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:45 2012 FA-8F  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:47 2012 SE-8G  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding Thu Mar 01 18:14:47 2012 RE-8H  Symm Director     Fatal        0x0040    A Symmetrix Director is not responding

sauravrohilla · Answer

It can not be cleared. However, you can limit the information by adding the -start -end options to symevent list commands.

VMAX

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