Dump analysis system and method in data processing systems
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorJit S. Chana
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Abstract
A data processing system operates under the control of a control program having one or more versions. System dump data is generated on occurrence of an error condition. A dump analysis routine for analyzing dump data indicative of the error state of the system receives constant-format data from a version of a translation routine, the translation routine having one or more versions each corresponding to a version of the control program, and capable of translating the system dump data into the constant format required by the dump analysis routine.
Claims10
A data processing system, operating under control of a control program having different versions, said data processing system comprising:
- A) means for generating information indicative of a state of the data processing system;
- B) an analysis means for analyzing said state of said data processing system;
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- C) accessing means for accessing said information and providing said information to said analysis means in a constant format in response to an access request transmitted from said analysis means to said accessing means, said accessing means having different versions, each of said versions of said accessing means corresponding to a corresponding different one of said versions of the control program.
A method for analyzing system dump data in a data processing system operating under control of an operational version of a control program having different versions, said method comprising the steps of:
- A) generating information indicative of a state of the data processing system;
- B) providing a version of an accessing means, in which said accessing means has different versions, said version provided by said accessing means corresponding to the operational version of the control program;
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- C) having said version provided by said accessing means access said information and provide said information to a requesting analysis program in a constant format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.