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Which of the following commands will display the current dump device settings?
The correct answer is D. sysdumpdev-l. The sysdumpdev command is the AIX utility for managing dump device configuration, and the -l flag lists the current primary and secondary dump device assignments.
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Which of the following commands will display the current dump device settings?
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- Alscfg-d
- Blsdump -d
- Csysdump -v
- Dsysdumpdev-l
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The sysdumpdev command is the AIX utility for managing dump device configuration, and the -l flag lists the current primary and secondary dump device assignments.
lscfg -d queries the Object Data Manager for hardware device attributes and does not interact with or display system dump device configuration.
lsdump is not a standard AIX command - there is no lsdump utility in the AIX command set for displaying dump device settings.
sysdump is not a valid AIX command name; the correct utility for dump device management is sysdumpdev, which accepts flags such as -l to list current settings.
The sysdumpdev -l command displays current dump device settings including the primary dump device, secondary dump device, pre-allocated dump space, and full memory dump option, making it the correct command to view dump configuration on AIX.
Concept tested: AIX sysdumpdev command for dump device configuration
Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=s-sysdumpdev-command
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