HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 System Crash Dump

Dump-Time User Interface

Chapter 116

Dump-Time User Interface

As mentioned above, an operator sitting at a system’s console when it

dumps has some control over the process of dumping. The interface is

somewhat similar to the boot-time user interface of most HP-UX

systems: the dump path prints out what it expects to do, and gives the

operator ten seconds to hit a key to indicate that a change from the

defaults is desired.

The options allowed depend on the circumstances, but may include:

• Full dump

• Selective dump

• Partial dump (this is the same as a full dump, except that if there is

insufﬁcient space for the entire dump, priority is given to pages which

are considered most useful)

• No dump at all

Once the dump has begun, in the fashion you choose, continuous status

messages on the console track its progress. The dump can be aborted

midstream by pressing ESC.