Deleting A Dump Using An Aix Command; Deleting A Dump By Using A Linux Command; Deleting A Dump By Using The Ibm I Service Tools - IBM Power System POWER7 Series Common Service Procedures

Dumps are stored in the HMC's Manage Serviceable Events tool and are automatically deleted when
room is required for new dumps.
To manually delete a dump on the HMC, complete the following steps:
1. In the navigation area, open Systems Management.
2. Select the server and open it.
3. Click Serviceability > Manage Dumps > Selected > Delete Dump.
4. Select the dump to be deleted.
5. Verify that the HMC containing the dump is the HMC being used to delete the dump.
6. Click Selected > Delete Dump.
To manually delete a dump on the SDMC, complete the following steps:
1. From the main IBM Systems Director welcome page, select View support files under the Service and
Support Manager link.
Alternatively, click Manage support files from the main Service and Support Manager summary page.
2. From the Manage Support Files page, select the dump file, and then click Delete Support Files.
3. Click OK.

Deleting a dump using an AIX command:

You can use an AIX command to delete a dump.
Platform dumps are saved in AIX in the following directory:
/var/adm/platform
Only delete the dump if directed to do so by your next level of support or service provider.
Note: If the AIX logical partition becomes the service partition after it was installed, run the following
command to create this directory:
platform_dump -f jfs2
or
platform_dump -f jfs
to create the /var/adm/ras/platform file system.
During an installation, this directory is created automatically if the AIX logical partition was marked as
the service partition before it was installed.

Deleting a dump by using a Linux command:

You can delete a dump by using a Linux command.
Platform dumps are saved in Linux under the following directory: /var/log/dump/
Only delete the dump if directed to do so by your next level of support or service provider.

Deleting a dump by using the IBM i service tools:

You can delete a dump by using the IBM i service tools.
To delete a dump by using IBM i service tools, complete the following steps:
1. On any command line, enter STRSST.
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