Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5

Using HP-UX Commands to Conﬁgure Dump Devices into the HP-UX Release 11i

Version 1.5 Kernel

Chapter 110

To use logical volumes for dump devices (regardless of how many logical

volumes you want to use), include the following dump statement in the

system ﬁle:

dump lvol

Conﬁguring No

Dump Devices

To conﬁgure a kernel with no dump device, use the following dump

statement in the system ﬁle:

dump none

NOTE If you truly want no dump device to be conﬁgured into the kernel, you

must use the above statement (dump none). Omitting dump statements

altogether from the system ﬁle will result in a kernel that uses the

primary paging device (swap device) as the dump device.

Step 2. Once you have edited the system ﬁle, build a new kernel ﬁle using the

mk_kernel command (see “Steps to Perform Whole Kernel Conﬁguration

Using HP-UX Commands” in the white paper Reconﬁguring the Kernel

in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 for details on how to do this).

Step 3. Perform a kernel update using the kmupdate command (see “Steps to

Perform Whole Kernel Conﬁguration Using HP-UX Commands” in the

white paper Reconﬁguring the Kernel in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5

for details on how to do this)

Step 4. Reboot your system to activate your new dump device deﬁnitions.