Anbu,
This may seem obvious but since it is a strange failure, is there enough space on the appliance?
You might want to check the messages file in case some other limitation was reached.
And when all else fails, try a restart/reboot.
Did a subsequent dump complete?
Good luck!
Jennifer
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Jennifer Dodson
Senior Security Technical Specialist
US National Market Southwest
1 469 990 5954 Mobile
jennifer.dodson@ibm.comIBM
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