FFST dumps are stored stored in the directory specified in the FFST setup. If you do not specify where to store FFST dumps, the system will store the FFST dump file in the default directory of <boot-drive>\OS2\SYSTEM\RAS. The FFST dump file will have the extention of DMP.
Process dumps can be stored only in the root directory of the drive specified in the DUMPPROCESS statement in the CONFIG.SYS file (see Setting Up for a Process Dump). The file name will be PDUMP.nnn where nnn is a number that is incremented each time a process dump is generated.
System dumps are stored either in a dedicated FAT hard disk partition on your system or on a diskette. For details on setting up the dump partition refer to Setting Up for a System Dump for more information.
System dumps taken to a hard disk partition may be used directly by the PM Dump Facility dump formatter.
Any system dump stored on diskettes is compressed and needs to be decompressed to produce a single dump file. This may be done directly from PMDF by selecting the Decompress Dump option of the File pull-down. PMDF offers the additional facility of decompressing diskette dumps directly from diskette images (see PM Dump Facility Dump Formatter File Option).