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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Michael D. Harris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael D. Harris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to non-disruptive generation of core files for a computer appliance without rebooting the computer appliance. In an embodiment of the invention, the computer appliance is analyzed. A determination is made as to what core file generation options will be non-disruptive to the computer appliance. The tradeoff is evaluated between options that will generate core files which are more useful in diagnosing potential problems with the computer appliance and options which will generate core files which are less disruptive. A procedure is determined which will generate the core file without disrupting the computer appliance. Resources are allocated to utilize in generation of the core file. The procedure is then executed and a core file is generated without disrupting the computer appliance.