FOr saving the crashdumps you have to enable save core feature in the /etc/rc
scripts.
Even after this is enabled you will not be able to write crash files to VX
volumes
as this will come initial stages fo system booting. You have to use ordinary
disk parttion mounted on /var/crash for thsi to work.


"ameet " wrote:
>
>hi all
>
>What should be the dump device for core dumps on a veritas volume. dumpadm
>does not allow a device of the format /dev/vx/swapvol. When I had the device
>as /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1, I couldn't get any core dumps after a crash. What
is
>the correct dump device. Thanks
>
>ameet

you can!
you can create a volume on shared disks, put it in the rootdg, edit the
/etc/vfstab (mount at boot as /var/crash/hostname).
It works! But we talked about Savecore directory.
For the "Dump device" we cannot use any volume, only solaris partitions.


"Rajesh Vadde" wrote in message
news:3b17c1a8$1@hronntp01....
>
> FOr saving the crashdumps you have to enable save core feature in the
/etc/rc
> scripts.
> Even after this is enabled you will not be able to write crash files to VX
> volumes
> as this will come initial stages fo system booting. You have to use
ordinary
> disk parttion mounted on /var/crash for thsi to work.
>
>
> "ameet " wrote:
> >
> >hi all
> >
> >What should be the dump device for core dumps on a veritas volume.
dumpadm
> >does not allow a device of the format /dev/vx/swapvol. When I had the
device
> >as /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1, I couldn't get any core dumps after a crash. What
> is
> >the correct dump device. Thanks
> >
> >ameet
>