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 transfer mode: binary transfer mode: binary
 </​code> ​ </​code> ​
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 +===== Analyse system dump =====
  
 A system dump indicates a severe problem with an AIX system. System dumps usually halt the system, necessitating a reboot. A system dump indicates a severe problem with an AIX system. System dumps usually halt the system, necessitating a reboot.
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 </​cli>​ </​cli>​
  
- +Analyse the dump: 
-kdb  vmcore.0 ​ vmunix.0 +<cli prompt='#'>​ 
- +[root@labotest]/​root# ​kdb  vmcore.0 ​ vmunix.0 
- +</​cli>​
-Reading a Dump+
  
 Like using the dbx  Like using the dbx 
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  70000000  70000000
 </​cli>​ </​cli>​
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 +This output contains key details. It tells you when your system crashed, along with your AIX version and when the system was installed. It also gives you an LED code (70000000 in this example) that mirrors the LED on the outside of your p Systems box. 70000000 is a program interrupt.
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 +Now for the most telling command in this initial dump run-through. From your kdb prompt, enter "​status":​
 +<cli prompt='>'>​
 +(0)> status
 + CPU   ​INTR ​  ​TID ​  ​TSLOT ​  ​PID ​  
 +PSLOT   ​PROC_NAME
 + 0         ​15000D9 336 6A006A 106     
 +sysdumpstart
 + 1          1B0037 27 F001E 15                   
 +wait
 + 2-3      Disabled
 +</​cli>​
 +
 +https://​techchannel.com/​SMB/​02/​2017/​analyzing-aix-system-dumps
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