Method and apparatus for dumping memory

摘要

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 ( 1 ) containing data to be saved as a dump device ( 2 ), rebooting ( 8 ) the computer system without affecting the data within the dump device, and the computer system copying ( 12 ) the data in the dump device to non-volatile storage ( 13 ). A reboot of the computer system after copying the data to non-volatile storage is not necessary for the computer system to begin ( 14 ) normal operation.