IBM AIX Continuous Availability Features - IBM Redbooks

The output of Start a Live Dump is shown in Example 3-7.
Example 3-7 Output of executing Start a Live Dump menu
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COMMAND STATUS
Command: OK stdout: yes stderr: no
Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.
The dump is in file /var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00.DZ.
F1=Help F2=Refresh F3=Cancel F6=Command
F8=Image F9=Shell F10=Exit /=Find
n=Find Next
Before the dump file can be analyzed, it needs to be uncompressed with the dmpuncompress
command. Output from a dmpuncompress command is shown Example 3-8.
Example 3-8 Uncompress the dumpfile
# ls -l /var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00.DZ
-rw------- 1 root system 4768 Oct 11 10:24
/var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00.DZ
# dmpuncompress /var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00.DZ
-- replaced with /var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00
#
You can use the kdb command to analyze a live dump file. Output from a kdb command is
shown in Example 3-9.
Example 3-9 Analyzing a live dump using the kdb command
# kdb /var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00
# kdb /var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00
/var/adm/ras/livedump/pdt.200710111501.00 mapped from @ 700000000000000 to @
70000000000cd88
Preserving 1675375 bytes of symbol table [/unix]
Component Names:
1) dump.livedump.header [3 entries]
2) dump.livedump.sysconfig [3 entries]
3) vmm.pdt [14 entries]
4) vmm.pdt.pdt8B [2 entries]
5) vmm.pdt.pdt8A [2 entries]
6) vmm.pdt.pdt89 [2 entries]
7) vmm.pdt.pdt88 [2 entries]
8) vmm.pdt.pdt87 [2 entries]
9) vmm.pdt.pdt86 [2 entries]
10) vmm.pdt.pdt81 [2 entries]
11) vmm.pdt.pdt82 [2 entries]
12) vmm.pdt.pdt85 [2 entries]
13) vmm.pdt.pdt84 [2 entries]
14) vmm.pdt.pdt83 [2 entries]
15) vmm.pdt.pdt80 [2 entries]
16) vmm.pdt.pdt0 [2 entries]
17) cu [2 entries]
Live Dump Header:
Passes: 1
Type: LDT_FORCE