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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
