This chapter describes how to configure and manage the dump-to-disk and mini-dump features on your system.
The first part of this chapter details the steps that you need to perform to successfully configure the dump-to-disk feature on your system. If you are performing an initial configuration of the dump-to-disk feature, start by reading "Overview of Dump-to-Disk Configuration."
The remaining sections of this chapter deal with managing the dump-to-disk feature and the mini-dump feature after initial configuration. The following tasks are described:
specifying the alternate dump device strategy
building a mini-dump file
specifying mini-dump criteria
altering the size of a dump file
changing a dump file's protection scheme
listing dump-to-disk information
listing mini-dump information
displaying the autoboot status
using the BLDDUMP Help Facility
