Perform a main storage dump
If the system is logically partitioned, references to the system,
console, displays, system commands, and system values are relative to the
partition having a problem.
A main storage dump (MSD) is a process of collecting
data from the system's main storage. It can be done in the following ways:
- Automatically. By the service processor as the
result of a system failure.
- Manually. By performing a function 22 on the control
panel when the system waits, loops, or appears to have an operating system
failure. You can perform this task by selecting option 22 from
the Work with partition status display.
Choose the task to perform:
- Perform an automatic main storage dump
- Perform a manual main storage dump
- Perform a manual main storage dump on a logical partition
- Copy a current main storage dump
- Report a main storage dump
- Delete a main storage dump