You can trigger HMC or SE activities remotely by using
the snipl command.
Before you begin
As of
snipl version 2.1.9, the
snipl command
can be used for dump handling. The required setup for
snipl usage and further
details are described in
Device
Drivers, Features, and Commands on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3, SC34-2745. You can dump to a DASD
disk.
About this task
For example, assume that you have a
snipl configuration file
/etc/snipl.conf containing the following
specifications:
server=myse9.example.com
image=LPARLNX1
image=LPARLNX2
server=myse5.example.com
image=LPRLNX05
Further
assume that you have prepared a dump DASD (in this example with device number 5199) with the
zipl tool.
Procedure
Use the following snipl commands
to write a memory dump of LPARLNX1 to the prepared DASD:
- Stop the CPUs:
# snipl LPARLNX1 --stop
Server myse9.example.com from config file /etc/snipl.conf is used
processing......
LPARLNX1: acknowledged.
- IPL the dump tool on DASD 5199, prepared with the dump
tool:
# snipl LPARLNX1 --load -A 5199 --storestatus
Server myse9.example.com from config file /etc/snipl.conf is used
processing......
LPARLNX1: acknowledged.
- Monitor the dump progress:
# snipl LPARLNX1 --dialog
LPARLNX1: acknowledged.
Starting operating system messages interaction for
partition LPARLNX1 (Ctrl-D to abort):
00000128 / 00001024 MB
...
00000896 / 00001024 MB
00001024 / 00001024 MB
Dump successful