Kdump fails to start with messages "Another app is currently holding the kdump lock; waiting for it to exit..."
Issue
- Kdump fails to start with the below error message.
# kdumpctl start
kdumpctl: flock: requires file descriptor, file or directory
kdumpctl: Another app is currently holding the kdump lock; waiting for it to exit...
Environment
- RHEL-7
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