bosinst.data dump stanza
The dump stanza specifies system dump characteristics.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| PRIMARY | Specifies the primary dump device to be set by sysdumpdev -P -p device. |
| SECONDARY | Specifies the secondary dump device to be set by sysdumpdev -P -s device. |
| COPYDIR | Specifies the directory to which the dump is copied at system boot. |
| FORCECOPY | Specifies whether the system boots into menus that allow copy of the dump to external media if the copy fails. |
| ALWAYS_ALLOW | Specifies whether the key mode switch can be ignored when a dump is requested. |
If the stanza is not present in the bosinst.data file, no additional dump-device handling occurs beyond what is already in place. Checking on the values of the fields is limited; if the device specified for a dump device is not valid, any error processing comes from the sysdumpdev command and is sent to the console and stored in the BOS installation log.
- If FORCECOPY is specified and no COPYDIR is specified, the value field of the autocopydump attribute from /etc/objrepos/SWservAt is retrieved and used for the sysdumpdev -[d|D] copydir operation.
- If only the COPYDIR is specified without FORCECOPY being specified, forcecopy defaults to yes. The sysdumpdev -d (FORCECOPY = no) or sysdumpdev -D (FORCECOPY = yes) is used to set the copy directory.
- If ALWAYS_ALLOW=yes, run sysdumpdev -K. Otherwise, run sysdumpdev -k.
- If any values other than yes and no are specified for FORCECOPY or ALWAYS_ALLOW, the default actions occur, and processing continues.
- If no value is specified for a particular dump field, no analogous sysdumpdev operation is performed. This leaves the system values in the appropriate state, even for a migration or system backup image installation. If a COPYDIR is specified but FORCECOPY is not specified, the value of the forcecopydump attribute is retrieved from the /etc/objrepos/SWservAt file to determine the correct form of sysdumpdev to invoke.