Livedump is a new feature for HP-UX 11i v3 that provides the
ability to take a crashdump on a live system without a forced shutdown
or panic of that system. This solution is implemented for Itanium®-based platforms only. Livedump
can be used in a stable system and does not affect the stability
of that system.
Summary
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What’s
New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?
Livedump is a new feature for HP-UX 11i v3 on Itanium®-based platforms. This feature does
not exist on HP-UX 11i v1.
What’s
New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006?
Livedump is a new feature for HP-UX 11i v3 on Itanium®-based platforms. This feature does
not exist on HP-UX 11i v2.
Impact |
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This is a feature for collecting a dump of a live running
system. You may use this feature to provide a dump of the system
for offline analysis of the system kernel state.
Compatibility |
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This feature is implemented only for Itanium®-based platforms.
Performance |
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Livedump saves the memory onto the filesystem in a format
understood by kernel debuggers. Hence, the system will experience
extra load during the live dump time.
Documentation |
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For further information, see the livedump(1M) manpage.
Obsolescence |
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Not applicable.
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