Memory Dump For Vmware - Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual

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If the system does not restart after the memory dump is

100% completed, restart the system manually.

 After collecting memory dump

Check that the memory dump is collected after the system re-starts. The default

registry for memory dump is "/var/crash/<date-time>/". <date-time> is when the

memory dump is collected.

If the memory dump file does not exist in the default location

after memory dump is collected, the location may be

changed from the default. Check the location written on the

setting file.

Setting file name: /etc/kdump.conf

Memory dump for VMware

This subsection describes how to collect memory dump for Linux.

See "Using Parameters to Stop the System at Hardware

Failure" and "Useful Settings for VMware" in Chapter 13 for

memory dump settings.

 Triggering memory dump

When the local console displays a purple screen, memory dump is automatically

collected. When the system hangs up, issuing NMI allows the memory dump to be

collected. Follow the steps below to issue NMI.

Check if the virtual machine is running via the network from another machine. If the

virtual machine is running, shut it down.

To issue NMI, select NMI from the Power and Reset menu of Remote console

application, or click Server Operation tab > Power and LEDs, and click NMI. See

"Connect the Remote Console" in Chapter 3 or Chapter 5, Server Blade Setup for

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