22.5 Linux system dump tools

Table 22-4 lists tools for deugging Linux system dumps.

Table 22-4. Linux system dump tools

Tool name	Where available	Description
SA dump tools	http://www.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/index.shtml	Two stand-alone dump tools are shipped with Linux on zSeries for generating system memory dumps: DASD dump tool for dumps on DASD volumes Tape dump tool for dumps on tape
lcrash	http://sourceforge.net/projects/lkcd	When your Linux for zSeries completely crashes or hangs, the last thing you can do is to take a system memory dump and afterward inspect the dump to identify the problem. To inspect the dump, you can use lcrash the Linux crash dump analyzer. lcrash has a command-line interface with simple command-line editing, history mechanism, and command-line completion.