On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:03:22 +0000
"Collinson.Shannon" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Has anyone tried to setup dumpconf to dump&reipl using a shared device?

In the dump tools book in "Chapter 10. Sharing dump devices" we have documented 
a proposal for dump device sharing using vmcmd:

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/docu/l311dt12.pdf

>I was thinking that with the vmcmd option, there might be a way to do it, and 
>thus only have one disk (or > set of disks) tied up for possible dumps.  
>Something like the following commands:
>
> LINK MAINT 999 999 MR
> CPU ALL STOP
> STORE STATUS
> I 999
> DET 999
> I CMS
>
> However, that'd predicate being able to run zipl -d against the 999 disk on a 
> single zlinux server that may or may not have the same RAM configuration as 
> the server that eventually dumps.  Does anyone know if this can be done?  I'm 
> not sure what's included in the dump ipl record...  Thanks for any 
> hints/tips/exclamations that the idea is completely out to lunch!

You just have to use a dump device that is big enough to store a dump of your 
largest guest.

Best Regards,
Michael

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