REMCS Agent Operator's Guide 1.5

3.8.1 System without tape device

In a system in which a tape device is not allocated, information cannot be saved from the investigation information collection menu onto a tape device. In this event, transfer the investigation information to a system that has a tape device as explained below.

1. If investigation information is collected from the investigation information collection menu, a message asking whether or not to save it on tape is displayed. Enter [n].

2. Find out the directory of the save area in which the collected investigation information was saved. The incident number and data about collection are added to the directory name. For details, see Section 3.7, "Save Area of Investigation Information."

3. Transfer the directory to a system that has a tape device or use another method to establish the state that can save the directory to a tape device.

4. If the amount of investigation information is large, such as the size of a dump, the information is not saved in the save area. The full path location is saved in the file "collection number.huge.list" under the corresponding directory in the save area. To set up an environment to save to a tape device the investigation information that could not be saved in a save area, refer to the file whose full path location was saved.

[Note]

Note the following to transfer investigation information to another system (e.g., using FTP).

• Investigation information in the crash dump save area.
  Do not transfer the investigation information (vmcore.N, unix.N, and fjsnap.N) located in the crash dump save area to the crash dump area (e.g., using FTP transfer) of other machines. This is because the full paths of vmcore.N and unix.N are stored in fjsnap.N, normal saving on tape cannot be performed.

• Investigation information in the save area
  Do not transfer (e.g., using FTP transfer) the investigation information saved in the save area to the save area of another system because, for investigation information that is too large to be saved in the save area, its full path is saved. Saving it on tape might not be possible.