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000-221 · Question #179

Assuming the pdumplv device is in a volume group with a 64 MB pp size, how can the following error report entry be resolved?

The correct answer is A. extendlv pdumplv 1. When a dump logical volume is too small to hold a system dump, it must be extended using extendlv to add physical partitions, each adding 64 MB given the volume group's PP size.

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Assuming the pdumplv device is in a volume group with a 64 MB pp size, how can the following error report entry be resolved?

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Options

  • Aextendlv pdumplv 1
  • Bchfs -a size=+1 pdumplv
  • Cchiv -a size=+1 pdumplv
  • Dsysdumpdev -i pdumplv 1

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  • A
    83% (19)
  • B
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  • C
    9% (2)
  • D
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Why each option

When a dump logical volume is too small to hold a system dump, it must be extended using extendlv to add physical partitions, each adding 64 MB given the volume group's PP size.

Aextendlv pdumplv 1Correct

The extendlv pdumplv 1 command increases pdumplv by 1 physical partition, which equals 64 MB given the volume group's configured PP size, directly resolving an insufficient dump space error. extendlv is the correct AIX command for growing a raw logical volume that has no associated filesystem. This gives the system dump device enough capacity to write a complete dump on the next system failure.

Bchfs -a size=+1 pdumplv

chfs modifies attributes of a JFS or JFS2 filesystem, but pdumplv is a raw logical volume used as a dump device with no filesystem, so chfs cannot operate on it.

Cchiv -a size=+1 pdumplv

chiv is not a valid AIX command and has no function for extending a logical volume or adjusting dump device capacity.

Dsysdumpdev -i pdumplv 1

sysdumpdev manages dump device configuration such as designating primary and secondary devices, but it does not resize the underlying logical volume to add storage capacity.

Concept tested: Extending AIX dump logical volume with extendlv

Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2?topic=e-extendlv-command

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#system dump#pdumplv#extendlv#logical volume

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