Using a SCSI disk dump device

To use a SCSI disk, you need to install the stand-alone SCSI dump tool, perform the dump process, and copy the dump to a file in a Linux® file system.

Installing the SCSI disk dump tool
You install the SCSI disk stand-alone dump tool with the zipl command.
Initiating a SCSI dump
To initiate the dump, IPL the SCSI dump tool using the SCSI dump load type.
Copying a SCSI dump to a file
Use the zgetdump command to copy a SCSI dump to a file in the file system.
Printing the SCSI dump header
To print the dump file header, use zgetdump with the -i option.

Parent topic: Using the Dump Tools - Linux kernel 6.6