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.TH MKDUMP "8" "August 2011" "mkdump 2.0" "System Administration Utilities"
.SH NAME
mkdump \- Preparing disks for use as S/390 dump device.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkdump
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIDEVICE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
mkdump 2.0.3
.PP
Prepare one or more volumes for use as S/390 dump device. Supported devices
are ECKD DASD and SCSI over zFCP disks, while multi\-volumes are limited to DASD.
.PP
Only whole disks can be used, no partitions! If the device is incompatible
formatted/partioned, the script will refuse to install the dump record
unless the \fB\-\-force\fR switch is given.
.PP
Disks which are in use or have mounted partitions will not be listed and can't be used.
The mentioning of "dumpdevice" after a disk indicates that it is an already usable dump device. Additionally multi\-volume dump devices are indicated by the list of including DASD ids.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
debug mode, do not run programs which commit changes
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
be verbose and show command outputs
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
force overwrite of the disk
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\-dump\fR
display dump disks
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-list\-dasd\fR
display usable DASD disks (Device, Size, ID, Dump)
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-list\-zfcp\fR
display usable SCSI over zFCP disks (Device, Size, ID, WWPN, LUN, Dump)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
mkdump returns the following exit codes:
.RS
.IP 0
Normal (no errors or warnings detected)
.IP 11
Invalid or unusable disk (fatal)
.IP 12
Incompatible formatting/partitioning, can be corrected with --force
.IP 13
Missing support programs
.IP 14
Bad command line parameters
.IP 15
Access problem
.IP other
Support program failed
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Tim Hardeck <thardeck@suse.de>.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs on https://bugzilla.novell.com/
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
License GPLv2 or (at your option) any later version.
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.