Changes between Version 52 and Version 53 of Core_dump

Timestamp:

Dec 22, 2015 3:48:46 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Ramshankar Venkataraman

Comment:

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Core_dump

@@ -66 +66 @@
 
 = How to create dumps on Solaris = #Solaris
-To create a core dump on Solaris, run the following command as root
+To enable core dumps on Solaris, run the following command as root
 {{{
 # coreadm -g /var/cores/core.%f.%p -i core.%f.%p \
@@ -72 +72 @@
 }}}
 
-The cores will now be placed in /var/cores/ folder. Global dumps will go into /var/crash/<hostname>/
+The cores would end up in /var/cores/ folder. Global dumps would end up in /var/crash/<hostname>/
 
 System core dumps need to be enabled via dumpadm. The important thing is to have "Savecore enabled" to "yes" (use `dumpadm -y`). The configuration should look something like this:
@@ -82 +82 @@
   Savecore enabled: yes
    Save compressed: on
+}}}
+
+Now to obtain a core dump for the VM process, run:
+{{{
+VBoxManage startvm <vmname>
 }}}