When a system dump is taking place, status and completion codes are displayed in the operator panel display on the operator panel. When the dump is complete, a 0cx status code displays if the dump was user initiated, a flashing 888 displays if the dump was system initiated.
You can check whether the dump was successful, and if not, what caused the dump to fail. If a 0cx is displayed, see "Status Codes" below. If a flashing 888 is displayed, refer to the chapter on 888 in the operator panel display in the AIX Version 4.3 Messages Guide and Reference.
Note: If the dump fails and upon reboot you see an error log entry with the label DSI_PROC or ISI_PROC, and the Detailed Data area shows an EXVAL of 000 0005, this is probably a paging space I/O error. If the paging space (probably/dev/hd6) is the dump device or on the same hard drive as the dump device, your dump may have failed due to a problem with that hard drive. You should run diagnostics against that disk.
Find your status code in the following list, and follow the instructions:
| 000 | The kernel debugger is started. If there is an ASCII terminal attached to one of the native serial ports, enter q dump at the debugger prompt (>) on that terminal and then wait for flashing 888s to appear in the operator panel display. After the flashing 888 appears, go to "Check the Status of a System Dump". |
| 0c0 | The dump completed successfully. Go to "Copy a System Dump". |
| 0c1 | An I/O error occurred during the dump. Go to "System Dump Facility". |
| 0c2 | A user-requested dump is not finished. Wait at least 1 minute for the dump to complete and for the operator panel display value to change. If the operator panel display value changes, find the new value on this list. If the value does not change, then the dump did not complete due to an unexpected error. Complete the Problem Summary Form, and report the problem to your software service department. |
| 0c4 | The dump ran out of space . A partial dump was written to the dump device, but there is not enough space on the dump device to contain the entire dump. To prevent this problem from occurring again, you must increase the size of your dump media. Go to "Increase the Size of a Dump Device". |
| 0c5 | The dump failed due to an internal error. Wait at least 1 minute for the dump to complete and for the operator panel display value to change. If the operator panel display value changes, find the new value on the list. If the value does not change, then the dump did not complete due to an unexpected error. Complete the Problem Summary Form and report the problem to your software service department. |
| 0c7 | A network dump is in progress, and the host is waiting for the server to respond. The value in the operator panel display should alternate between 0c7 and 0c2 or 0c9. If the value does not change, then the dump did not complete due to an unexpected error. Complete the Problem Summary Form, and report the problem to your software service department. |
| 0c8 | The dump device has been disabled. The current system configuration does not designate a device for the requested dump. Enter the sysdumpdev command to configure the dump device. |
| 0c9 | A dump started by the system did not complete. Wait at least 1 minute for the dump to complete and for the operator panel display value to change. If the operator panel display value changes, find the new value on the list. If the value does not change, then the dump did not complete due to an unexpected error. Complete the Problem Summary Form and report the problem to your software service department. |
| 0cc | (For AIX Version 4.2.1 and later only) An error occured dumping to the primary device; the dump has switched over to the secondary device. Wait at least 1 minute for the dump to complete and for the three-digit display value to change. If the three-digit display value changes, find the new value on this list. If the value does not change, then the dump did not complete due to an unexpected error. Complete the Problem Summary Form and report the problem to your software service department. |
| c20 | The kernel debugger exited without a request for a system dump. Enter the quit dump subcommand. Read the new three-digit value from the LED display. |