International Business Machines Corporation
System halt event recovery

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: storing information in a specified system memory location, attaching an external process to the specified system memory location in response to experiencing a system halt event, sending the information stored in the specified system memory location to a memory location associated with the external process, restarting the system in a recovery mode, retrieving the information from the external process, and using the retrieved information to restore the system to a state the system was in when the system halt event occurred. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.