Troubleshooting
Problem
This document describes the functions provided by the Internals menu in QMGTOOLS.
Resolving The Problem
Installing and updating QMGTOOLS - https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/684977
To access the Internals Data Collection Menu from the Must Gather Data Collector menu -
GO QMGTOOLS/MG => Internals
You can also access the Internals Data Collection Menu directly - GO QMGTOOLS/INTMNU
The Internals menu looks like this. Descriptions of the options will follow after the sample screen capture.
Storage Management Menu
*** The Temp Storage Menu option has moved to the Storage Management Menu ***
*** The Directory Dump Menu option has moved to the Storage Management Menu ***
Damage Menu
MSD Toolkit
License Management Menu
Scan History Log
*** The Auxiliary Storage Summary option has moved to the Storage Management Menu ***
Display UPS status
*** The SYSBASE PERM SM size option has moved to the Storage Management Menu ***
*** Then Check Disk Fragmentation option has moved to the Storage Management Menu ***
Internals SYSSNAP Collection
Start Piranha
This option is used by IBM i Software Support
ASMI/Piranha access on HMC
This option is used by IBM i Software Support
Piranha to IBM i using SSH
This option is used by IBM i Software Support
Verify storage
Display Platform Information
This option displays platform level information including:
- Machine type, model, serial number & processor group
- Server firmware level, firmware IPL side, update policy and expiration date
- System manager (HMC, VPM, or stand-alone)
- Power Enterprise Pool (PEP) type
- Capacity on demand processors and memory
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09 September 2025
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