RHEL-7: kdump service fail to start if local or remote dump target is not mounted on the system.
Issue
- kdump service failed with following error messages when remote dump target (NFS) is not mounted.
# kdumpctl start
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
/etc/kdump.conf
Rebuilding /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64kdump.img
Dump target my.server.com:/export/tmp is probably not mounted.
mkdumprd: failed to make kdump initrd
Starting kdump: [FAILED]
- kdump service failed with following error messages when local dump target is not mounted.
# kdumpctl start
Detected change(s) the following file(s):
/etc/kdump.conf
Rebuilding /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64kdump.img
Dump target UUID=03138356-5e61-4ab3-b58e-27507ac41937 is probably not mounted.
mkdumprd: failed to make kdump initrd
Starting kdump: [FAILED]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- kexec-tools
- NFS ( Not mounted on the system )
- Local filesystem ( Not mounted on the system )
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