There are times when you need to process stand-alone dump information quickly to diagnose a problem. It is important to perform the stand-alone dump process quickly, to minimize the time the system is unavailable. Sometimes a stand-alone dump is not captured because of the time that the dumping process takes. Skipping the stand-alone dump, however, can prevent the diagnosis of the system failure. Instead of skipping the stand-alone dump, it is better to spend a short time to get as much of the stand-alone dump as is possible, as quickly as possible. The following are two methods to save time when performing a stand-alone dump.