How To Configure Kdump on Linux Servers
1. . This are the RPM packages you will need install a. kexec-tools --> Provided the kdump configs and services b. kernel-kdump --> Kernel with a debuginfo c. crash --> Utility to perform analysis on your kernel crash dump d. kernel-debuginfo --> Provide the debugging information 2. . To Modify the system kernel to reserve space for the crash kernel Edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and add "crashkernel=128M@16M" to the kernel specification to reserve 128MB of memory, starting at physical address 0x01000000 (16MB) 3. . Specify where the vmcore should be located In /etc/kdump.conf, one can configure different kinds of dump targe...