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Dynamically assigning a dump space in a shared data facility to receive dumping information to be captured
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1997-09-02
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Expires: 2015-06-07
Abstract
Abstract A dumping service facility for data processing systems, including single systems, multisystems and shared facilities. Information, such as control information, is captured and a storage dump is created. During the capturing process, the information is serialized such that mainline commands (i.e., commands other than dump commands) are not allowed to access the information thereby possibly destroying the information. The information is stored within the storage dump in such a manner that programs can understand the information. That is, the storage dump contains a logical representation of the information being captured. Subsequent to capturing the information, serialization is released and mainline commands can once again access the information.
Inventors
- 👤 David Arlen Elko
- 👤 Jeffrey Alan Frey
- 👤 Jeffrey Mark Nick
- 👤 Kenneth Glenn Rothwell
- 👤 Michael Dustin Swanson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 09:00
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/16; G06F11/20; G06F11/2053; G06F11/2089; G06F11/0703; G06F11/0706; G06F11/0721; G06F11/0724; G06F11/0745; G06F11/0766; G06F11/0778; G06F11/14; G06F11/1402; G06F11/1415; G06F11/142; G06F11/30; G06F11/34; G06F11/3466; G06F11/3476; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953; Y10S707/99956
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for providing a storage dump in a shared data facility coupled to at least one central processing complex, said shared data facility having processing and storage capabilities, said method comprising: dynamically assigning a dump space within said shared data facility for receiving dumping information to be captured, said dynamically assigning comprising automatically modifying, by said shared data facility, a total amount of said dump space based upon one or more predefined conditions, wherein non-dumping functions of said shared data facility remain operational during said automatically modifying; and storing said dumping information in said dynamically assigned dump space, said dumping information for use in at least one of system recovery, problem determination and system monitoring.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for providing a storage dump in a shared data facility coupled to at least one central processing complex, said shared data facility having processing and storage capabilities, said method comprising: dynamically assigning a dump space within said shared data facility for receiving dumping information to be captured, said dynamically assigning comprising automatically modifying, by said shared data facility, a total amount of said dump space based upon one or more predefined conditions, wherein non-dumping functions of said shared data facility remain operational during said automatically modifying; and storing said dumping information in said dynamically assigned dump space, said dumping information for use in at least one of system recovery, problem determination and system monitoring.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said dumping information is represented by at least one structure and wherein said method further comprises creating at least one dump table within said dump space, each of said at least one dump table corresponding to one of said at least one structure.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
124 words
A system for providing a storage dump in a shared data facility coupled to at least one central processing complex, said shared data facility having processing and storage capabilities, said system comprising: means for dynamically assigning a dump space within said shared data facility for receiving dumping information to be captured, said means for dynamically assigning comprising means for automatically modifying, by said shared data facility, a total amount of said dump space based upon one or more predefined conditions, wherein non-dumping functions of said shared data facility remain operational during said automatically modifying; and means for storing said dumping information in said dynamically assigned dump space, said dumping information for use in at least one of system recovery, problem determination and system monitoring.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
124 words
A system for providing a storage dump in a shared data facility coupled to at least one central processing complex, said shared data facility having processing and storage capabilities, said system comprising: means for dynamically assigning a dump space within said shared data facility for receiving dumping information to be captured, said means for dynamically assigning comprising means for automatically modifying, by said shared data facility, a total amount of said dump space based upon one or more predefined conditions, wherein non-dumping functions of said shared data facility remain operational during said automatically modifying; and means for storing said dumping information in said dynamically assigned dump space, said dumping information for use in at least one of system recovery, problem determination and system monitoring.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system of claim 3, wherein said dumping information is represented by at least one structure and wherein said system further comprises: at least one dump table located within said dump space; and means for associating each of said at least one dump table with one of said at least one structure.
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