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	esxcfg-dumppart - VMware ESX Server diagnostic partition configuration		esxcfg-dumppart - VMware ESX Server diagnostic partition configuration
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	COPYRIGHT		COPYRIGHT
	VMware ESX Server is Copyright 2006-2007 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.		VMware ESX Server is Copyright 2006-2007 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
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	SYNOPSIS		SYNOPSIS
	esxcfg-dumppart OPTIONS		esxcfg-dumppart OPTIONS

	DESCRIPTION		DESCRIPTION
	esxcfg-dumppart provides an interface to query, set, and scan for diagnostic partitions on an ESX Server.		esxcfg-dumppart provides an interface to query, set, and scan for diagnostic partitions on an ESX Server.
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	==== Examples ====		==== Examples ====
	Set the dump partition		* Set the dump partition

	#esxcfg-dumppart --set vmhba0:0:0:6		#esxcfg-dumppart --set vmhba0:0:0:6
	Will set the partition for LUN on adapter vmhba0 target 0, LUN 0, partition 6		Will set the partition for LUN on adapter vmhba0 target 0, LUN 0, partition 6

	Find the dump partition		* Find the dump partition

	#esxcfg-dumppart -l		#esxcfg-dumppart -l

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NAME
esxcfg-dumppart - VMware ESX Server diagnostic partition configuration
tool

COPYRIGHT
VMware ESX Server is Copyright 2006-2007 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

SYNOPSIS
esxcfg-dumppart OPTIONS

DESCRIPTION
esxcfg-dumppart provides an interface to query, set, and scan for diagnostic partitions on an ESX Server.

==== Usage ====
esxcfg-dumppart <options> [<partition>]

==== OPTIONS ====
-l --list
List all partitions on the system that have the appropriate partition type to act as an ESX Server
diagnostic partition.
WARNING: Listing will scan all LUNs on a system and may degrade system performance.

-t --get-active
Get the active diagnostic partition for this system. This will return the internal name of the
partition (vmbhaX:X:X:X) or 'none' if no partition is set.

-c --get-config
Get the configured diagnostic partition for the system. This partition may or many not be the
active partition, and in a SAN situation this partition may have disappeared.

-s --set vmbhaX:X:X:X
Set the active and configured diagnostic partition for this system using the vmhba name of the
partition to use.

-f --find
Using the same method as the list option, find all the diagnostic partitions on this ESX Server.
Based on the type of storage, print the partitions in order of their desirability to be used as a
diagnostic partition. The order of priority for diagnostic partitions is Parallel adapter,
block adapter, Fibre Channel, Hardware iSCSI, software iSCSI.

-S --smart-activate
Activate the diagnostic partition if one is set and available.
Otherwise, scan the system and choose an appropriate partition using the same criteria
as is used in the "find" option.

-a --activate
Activate the configured diagnostic partition.

-d --deactivate
Deactivate the current active diagnostic partition. WARNING: this will leave your system without
any means of reporting errors until another partition is activated.

-h --help
Print the help message.

==== Examples ====
Set the dump partition

#esxcfg-dumppart --set vmhba0:0:0:6
Will set the partition for LUN on adapter vmhba0 target 0, LUN 0, partition 6

Find the dump partition

#esxcfg-dumppart -l

VMKernel Name Console Name Is Active Is Configured

mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:2 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:2 yes yes