Manage Dumps

Use this window to manage procedures for dumps of the selected system.

Select a dump from the list for this HMC and click the Selected menu to perform a dump-related task on that dump:

Copy Dump to Media

Allows you to copy the dump to removeable media (selectable), such as a DVD-RAM or USB Flash Memory Device.

Copy Dump to Remote System

Allows you to copy the dump to another system using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

Call Home Dump

Allows you to use the Call Home feature to transmit the dump back to your service provider, for example IBM Remote Support, for further analysis.

Delete Dump

Allows you to delete a selected dump from the list of available dumps.

Click the Action menu to initiate a new dump:

Initiate System Dump

Allows you to initiate a dump of the hardware and server firmware content (platform) for the managed system.

Initiate Service Processor Dump

• Initiate System Controller Dump - Allows you to initiate a dump of the service processor. The service processor allows the HMC to communicate to the managed system and to control the managed system.
• Initiate Node Controller Dump - Similar to the Service Processor dump with the exception that the dump data is generated by the node controller hardware instead of the system controller.

Initiate Power Subsystem Dump

Allows you to initiate a dump of the Bulk Power Control service processor. Only applicable to certain models of managed systems.

System Dump Parameters

Allows you to modify the dump capability parameters for a dump type.

Click the Status menu to view the dump offload progress expressed in size. For example, the progress will display as xxx of yyy blocks completed.

Reporting HMC

Displays the HMC hostname where this task was launched.

Dump table

Displays all dumps that currently reside on the HMC where this task was launched. Both reported and non-reported dumps from the problem analysis subsystem are displayed. An example of a non-reported dump is a dump that was manually initiated.

This table shows the the dump type, unique identifier for that specific dump type and the date the dump file written to the HMC. Additional details associated with each dump are listed below the table. These include the dump file name, file size, the entitled system's machine type-model/serial number, the replaceable unit serial number, (if applicable), the problem number assigned to this dump, whether or not this particular problem has been called home for service, and the SRC that caused this dump to be taken.

Refresh

Updates and redisplays the managed system dump data.