For my Stand Alone Tool Kit project I am working on the ability to create a formatted memory dump.? It depends upon preserving the machine's memory in a host (Windows, Linux, etc.) platform's host file system.? With Hercules this is accomplished using the Hercules command 'savecore'.
SATK is sometimes used with z/VM virtual machines.? So, I am asking:
is it possible to transfer the contents of a virtual machine's physical (absolute storage) memory out of VM (any version, VM/370 or z/VM) in any manner at all?
The assumption is that a bare-metal program has been executing within the virtual machine, so CMS is out of the picture.? This would strictly be CP commands as I understand things.
Assuming the storage contents exists outside of the virtual machine, whatever format that turns out to be, can be manipulated for use by the dump program.? Separate problem for later.
Note, I am not opposed to a programmatic approach from within the virtual machine embedded within the bare-metal program if required to get the memory content out of the virtual machine, BUT only if that is the only way.
Asking the experts...
Harold Grovesteen
