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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Ranjani Narayan, Bangalore, IN;
Kiran Kumar Kasturi, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Meera K. Raghunandan, Karnataka, IN;
Scott T. Millward, Roseville, CA (US);
Sabyasachi Sengupta, Bangalore, IN;
Ranjani Narayan, Bangalore, IN;
Kiran Kumar Kasturi, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Meera K. Raghunandan, Karnataka, IN;
Scott T. Millward, Roseville, CA (US);
Sabyasachi Sengupta, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dumping memory. More particularly a computer-implemented method of saving at least some data within volatile storage to non-volatile storage when a computer system panics is described. The method includes the steps of: the computer system defining a specified portion of volatile storage () containing data to be saved as a dump device (), rebooting () the computer system without affecting the data within the dump device, and the computer system copying () the data in the dump device to non-volatile storage (). A reboot of the computer system after copying the data to non-volatile storage is not necessary for the computer system to begin () normal operation.