Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (A.02.01)

Managing Virtual Partitions
Monitor Crash Dump
Chapter 354
Monitor Crash Dump
If a virtual partition crashes, a vPars monitor dump is created in
addition to the kernel dump.
If the monitor panics, a monitor dump is created, but no kernel dumps
are created.
Please contact your HP Support Representative for help on monitor and
kernel crash dump analysis.
Directory Location and Filenames
When a virtual partition crashes, the monitor dump file is initially
written to a pre-existing file /stand/vpmon.dmp.
Subsequently, when the virtual partition boots, the following files are
created in /var/adm/crash/vpar (where n is a number representing the
nth occurrence of a dump):
NOTE /stand/vpmon.dmp is a special file. Do not delete, move, rename, or
modify this file. If you need to look at the contents of the monitor dump
file, use the vpmon.dmp.n file located in /var/adm/crash/vpar.
Monitor Dump Analysis Tool
Because the vPars monitor is not a HP-UX kernel, you cannot use a
kernel dump analysis tool to examine a monitor dump file. Contact your
HP Support Representative to analyze the monitor dump file.
vpmon. n copy of the executable image of the monitor at
the time of the dump
vpmon.dmp. n copy of the monitor dump file
summary. n an analysis of the crash including PIM info for
each processor