You can review the content of the /var/adm/messages log files and /var/adm/messages.array message log files from a host. Log entries are displayed in reverse chronological order; the most recent entries are shown first.
Note the following:
/var/messages.array log file.
The software must be functioning properly on each host for the /var/adm/messages or the /var/adm/messages.array log file to display the entries correctly.
/var/adm/trap_messages directory./var/adm/messages.dsp log file.