Working with storage dumps

This information describes how to work with storage dumps.

A main storage dump (MSD) is a process of collecting data from the system's main storage. For more information on main storage dumps, including platform system dumps, see Performing a platform or main storage dump.

A main storage dump can be performed in the following ways:

Automatically - by the service processor as the result of a system failure.
Manually - by using control panel functions when the system waits, loops, or appears to have an operating system failure.