How to reduce the size of a vmcore file?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Some systems have more than 32 GB of memory. Configuringkdumpcreates a huge vmcore file, which then creates a heavy offload on the network and storage.
  • Is there a way to reduce the size of a vmcore file?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - 9

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