Command summary

The descriptions of the commands contain only the options and parameters that are relevant to dumping on SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server. For a full description see the man pages.

zipl - Prepare devices for stand-alone dump
Use zipl to prepare a dump device with a stand-alone dump tool.
zgetdump - Copy and convert kernel dumps
The zgetdump tool copies a source dump into a target dump with a configurable dump format. The source dump can be located either on a dump device or on a file system. The source dump content is written to standard output, unless you redirect it to a specific file. You can also mount the dump content, print dump information, check whether a stand-alone dump device contains a valid dump tool, or create a non-disruptive kernel dump on a live system.
dumpconf - Configure panic or PSW restart action
The dumpconf service configures the action to be taken if a kernel panic or PSW restart occurs.
crash - Analyze kernel dumps
The crash tool is a GPL-licensed tool that is maintained by Red Hat. For more information, see the tool online help.
vmconvert - Convert z/VM VMDUMPS for Linux
The vmconvert tool converts a dump that was created with VMDUMP into a file that can be analyzed with crash.
vmur - Receive dumps from the z/VM reader
The vmur command can receive a VMDUMP file from the z/VM® reader and convert it into a file that can be analyzed with crash.
zhmc - Triggering dumps remotely through the HMC Web Services API
You can use the HMC Web Services API to trigger dumps for Linux in LPAR mode or in a DPM partition.

Parent topic: Using the Dump Tools on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5