Initiating a partition dump
Enable or disable the partition dump in addition to immediately initiating a partition dump.
Important: This feature is not available when
the system is managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC).
Use this procedure only under the direction of your hardware service provider. By initiating a partition dump, you can preserve error data that can be used to diagnose server firmware or operating system problems. The state of the operating system is saved on the hard disk and the partition restarts. This function can be used when the operating system is in an abnormal wait state .
Attention: You might experience data loss when using this operation.
This feature is only available on systems not managed by an HMC that have the system
server firmware in the Running state.
To perform this operation,
you must have one of the following authority levels:
- Administrator
- Authorized service provider
To perform a partition dump, do the following steps:
- On the ASMI Welcome pane, specify your user ID and password, and click Log In.
- In the navigation area, expand System Service Aids and click Partition Dump.
