diff --git a/iprconfig.c b/iprconfig.c
index 3abfd72..97d32ee 100644
--- a/iprconfig.c
+++ b/iprconfig.c
@@ -15622,6 +15622,23 @@ static int set_ioa_caching(char **args, int num_args)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_live_dump - 
+ * @args:	     argument vector
+ * @num_args:	     number of arguments
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   0 if success / non-zero on failure
+ **/
+static int get_live_dump (char **args, int num_args)
+{
+	struct ipr_dev *dev = find_gen_dev(args[0]);
+
+	if (dev)
+		return ipr_get_live_dump(dev->ioa);
+	return -ENXIO;
+}
+
 static const struct {
 	char *cmd;
 	int min_args;
@@ -15721,6 +15738,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ "set-bus-speed",			3, 0, 3, set_bus_speed, "sg5 0 320" },
 	{ "set-bus-width",			3, 0, 3, set_bus_width, "sg5 0 16" },
 	{ "raid-migrate",			3, 1, 0, raid_migrate_cmd, "-r 10 [-s 256] sda sg6 sg7" },
+	{ "get-live-dump",			1, 0, 1, get_live_dump, "sg5" },
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/iprdump.c b/iprdump.c
index 42debfe..0c150f5 100644
--- a/iprdump.c
+++ b/iprdump.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
 #define IPRDUMP_SIZE (8 * 1024 * 1024)
-#define IPRDUMP_DIR "/var/log/"
 #define MAX_DUMP_FILES 4
 #define TOOL_NAME "iprdump"
 #define DUMP_PREFIX TOOL_NAME"."
diff --git a/iprlib.c b/iprlib.c
index 077e837..c554159 100644
--- a/iprlib.c
+++ b/iprlib.c
@@ -3869,6 +3869,159 @@ int ipr_query_res_redundancy_info(struct ipr_dev *dev,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_livedump_fname - 
+ * @ioa:		ipr_ioa struct
+ * @fname:		string to return the filename
+ * @max:		max size of fname
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   negative on failure / otherwise length of the file name
+ *
+ **/
+static int get_livedump_fname(struct ipr_ioa *ioa, char *fname, int max)
+{
+	time_t cur_time, rc;
+	struct tm *cur_tm;
+	char time_str[100];
+	int len;
+
+	fname[0] = '\0';
+	rc = time(&cur_time);
+	if (rc == ((time_t)-1))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	cur_tm = localtime(&cur_time);
+	if (!cur_tm)
+		return -EIO;
+	strftime(time_str, sizeof(time_str), "%Y%m%d.%H%M", cur_tm);
+
+	len = snprintf(fname, max, "ipr-%04X-%s-dump-%s", ioa->ccin,
+		       ioa->pci_address, time_str);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+#define IPR_MAX_LIVE_DUMP_SIZE (16 * 1024 * 1024)
+
+/**
+ * get_scsi_max_xfer_len - 
+ * @fd:			IOA sg file descriptor
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   0 on failure / otherwise max scatter-gather transfer length
+ *
+ **/
+static int get_scsi_max_xfer_len(int fd)
+{
+	int rc, max_tablesize, max_scsi_len;
+	struct sysfs_module *sysfs_module;
+	struct sysfs_attribute *sysfs_attr;
+
+	sysfs_module = sysfs_open_module("sg");
+	if (!sysfs_module) {
+		syslog_dbg("Failed to open sg module. %m\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	sysfs_attr = sysfs_get_module_parm(sysfs_module, "scatter_elem_sz");
+	if (!sysfs_attr) {
+		syslog_dbg("Failed to open scatter_elem_sz parameter from sg module. %m\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	rc = ioctl(fd, SG_GET_SG_TABLESIZE, &max_tablesize);
+	if (rc) {
+		syslog_dbg("Unable to get device scatter-gather table size. %m\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	max_scsi_len = max_tablesize * atoi(sysfs_attr->value);
+
+	if (max_scsi_len < IPR_MAX_LIVE_DUMP_SIZE)
+		return max_scsi_len;
+	else
+		return IPR_MAX_LIVE_DUMP_SIZE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ipr_get_live_dump - 
+ * @dev:		ipr dev struct
+ * @info:		ipr_res_redundancy_info struct
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   0 if success / non-zero on failure
+ *
+ **/
+int ipr_get_live_dump(struct ipr_ioa *ioa)
+{
+	char *name = ioa->ioa.gen_name;
+	struct sense_data_t sense_data;
+	u8 cdb[IPR_CCB_CDB_LEN], *buf;
+	char dump_file[100], dump_path[100];
+	int rc, fd, fd_dump, buff_len;
+
+	if (strlen(name) == 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	fd = open(name, O_RDWR);
+	if (fd <= 1) {
+		if (!strcmp(tool_name, "iprconfig") || ipr_debug)
+			syslog(LOG_ERR, "Could not open %s. %m\n", name);
+		return errno;
+	}
+
+	buff_len = get_scsi_max_xfer_len(fd);
+	if (buff_len == 0) {
+		rc = -EPERM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	memset(cdb, 0, IPR_CCB_CDB_LEN);
+	cdb[0] = IPR_IOA_SERVICE_ACTION;
+	cdb[1] = IPR_LIVE_DUMP;
+	cdb[10] = buff_len >> 24;
+	cdb[11] = (buff_len >> 16) & 0xff;
+	cdb[12] = (buff_len >> 8) & 0xff;
+	cdb[13] = buff_len & 0xff;
+
+	buf = (u8*) malloc(buff_len);
+
+	rc = sg_ioctl(fd, cdb, buf, buff_len, SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV,
+		      &sense_data, IPR_INTERNAL_DEV_TIMEOUT);
+
+	if (rc) {
+		ioa_cmd_err(ioa, &sense_data, "Live Dump", rc);
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	rc = get_livedump_fname(ioa, dump_file, sizeof(dump_file));
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		syslog_dbg("Failed to create a live dump file name.\n");
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(dump_path, sizeof(dump_path), "%s%s", IPRDUMP_DIR, dump_file);
+	fd_dump = creat(dump_path, S_IRUSR);
+	if (fd_dump < 0) {
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Could not open %s. %m\n", dump_path);
+		rc = fd_dump;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	rc = write(fd_dump, buf, buff_len);
+	if (rc != buff_len)
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Could not write dump on file %s. %m\n", dump_path);
+
+	close(fd_dump);
+
+out_free:
+	free(buf);
+out:
+	close(fd);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /**
  * ipr_set_array_asym_access -
  * @dev:		ipr_dev struct
diff --git a/iprlib.h b/iprlib.h
index 7cff2cf..a3e0b3e 100644
--- a/iprlib.h
+++ b/iprlib.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 #define FIRMWARE_HOTPLUG_CONFIG_FILE         "/etc/hotplug/firmware.agent"
 #define FIRMWARE_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_DIR         LINUX_UCODE_BASE_DIR
 
+#define IPRDUMP_DIR "/var/log/"
+
 #define IPR_JBOD_BLOCK_SIZE                  512
 #define IPR_DEFAULT_AF_BLOCK_SIZE            522
 #define IOCTL_BUFFER_SIZE                    512
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@
 #define IPR_QUERY_RES_REDUNDANCY_INFO        0x13
 #define IPR_CHANGE_CACHE_PARAMETERS          0x14
 #define IPR_QUERY_CACHE_PARAMETERS           0x16
+#define IPR_LIVE_DUMP                        0x31
 #define IPR_EVALUATE_DEVICE                  0xE4
 #define SKIP_READ                            0xE8
 #define SKIP_WRITE                           0xEA
@@ -2332,6 +2335,7 @@ int ipr_get_blk_size(struct ipr_dev *);
 u32 get_ioa_ucode_version(char *);
 int ipr_improper_device_type(struct ipr_dev *);
 int ipr_get_fw_version(struct ipr_dev *, u8 release_level[4]);
+int ipr_get_live_dump(struct ipr_ioa *);
 
 static inline u32 ipr_get_dev_res_handle(struct ipr_ioa *ioa, struct ipr_dev_record *dev_rcd)
 {