diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3a7cc863..b866028f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Package contents Make DASDs, SCSIs, NVMes or tapes bootable for system IPL or system dump. * zgetdump: - Retrieve system dumps from either tapes or DASDs. + Retrieve system dumps from either tapes, DASDs, SCSIs or NVMes. * qetharp: Read and flush the ARP cache on OSA Express network cards. diff --git a/zdump/zgetdump.8 b/zdump/zgetdump.8 index a7fd3733..825b9183 100644 --- a/zdump/zgetdump.8 +++ b/zdump/zgetdump.8 @@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ DASD device node for multi-volume dump (e.g. /dev/dasdc) Device mapper multipath partition device node of a FCP attached SCSI disk (e.g. /dev/mapper/3600..20c0-part1) .IP " -" 12 +NVMe partition device node (e.g. /dev/nvme0n1p1) +.IP " -" 12 Tape device node (e.g. /dev/ntibm0) .IP " -" 12 Device node for live system (/dev/mem or /dev/crash) @@ -122,7 +124,8 @@ multi-volume DASD partitions as DUMP. \fBDUMPDEV\fR When using the "--device" option, DUMPDEV must be the device node of the dump disk that should be verified. This can be either a DASD device -node or a device mapper multipath device node of a FCP attached SCSI disk. +node, a device mapper multipath device node of a FCP attached SCSI disk or +a NVMe device node. .SH COPY DUMP The default action of zgetdump is to copy the source dump to standard output in @@ -294,6 +297,12 @@ For SCSI partition dump, the partition number and the maximum dump size is printed. The partition number corresponds to the output of "parted /dev/sdx print" or "fdisk -l /dev/sdx". +For NVMe partition dump, the partition number is printed. The partition number +corresponds to the output of "parted /dev/nvm0n1 print" or "fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1". +.TP +.BR "Meta info" +For NVMe partition dump, the dump file name is printed. + .SH EXAMPLES .TP .B Copy single-volume DASD dump @@ -346,6 +355,23 @@ dump.elf issue: # zgetdump /dev/mapper/3600..20c0-part1 > dump.elf +.br +.TP +.B Copy NVMe dump + +The NVMe partition device node /dev/nvme0n1p1 was prepared for dump with: +.br + + # zipl -d /dev/nvme0n1p1 + +.br +An IPL was performed on the corresponding dump tool and a dump +has been created. To copy the dump from the NVMe partition to file +dump.elf issue: +.br + + # zgetdump /dev/nvme0n1p1 > dump.elf + .TP .B Copy tape dump @@ -434,6 +460,12 @@ node of a SCSI disk: # zgetdump -i /dev/mapper/3600..20c0-part1 +.br +Print information about a dump on a partition device node of a NVMe disk: +.br + + # zgetdump -i /dev/nvme0n1p1 + .br .TP .B Print dump tool information (--device) @@ -449,6 +481,12 @@ Print information about a dump tool on a SCSI multipath device: # zgetdump -d /dev/mapper/3600..02c0 +.br +Print information about a dump tool on a NVMe device: +.br + + # zgetdump -d /dev/nvme0n1 + .br .SH NOTES The ELF dump format is not supported by the zgetdump tool under 31 bit.