Changes between Version 33 and Version 34 of Core_dump

Timestamp:

Apr 14, 2011 4:27:34 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Ramshankar Venkataraman

Comment:

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Core_dump

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 The cores will now be placed in /var/cores/ folder with the global dumps will go into /var/crash/<hostname>
 
+System core dumps need to be enabled via dumpadm whose config. should have Savecore enabled to "yes" as shown below:
+{{{
+      Dump content: kernel pages
+       Dump device: /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/dump (dedicated)
+Savecore directory: /var/crash/myhostname
+  Savecore enabled: yes
+   Save compressed: on
+}}}
+
 = Forcing !VirtualBox to terminate with a core dump =
 Sometimes it is required to force a !VirtualBox process to terminate, for example, a VM hangs for some unknown reason. On Linux, this can be done as follows: