kdump fails to save a vmcore when a short host name is specified as a network target
Issue
- kdump fails to save a vmcore when a short host name is specified as an nfs mount target:
Note: The following is an example etc/kump.conf
core_collector makedumpfile -d 31 -c
net host123:/crashdumps
- Serial console logs:
...
Saving to remote location host123:/crashdumps
mount: host123: Host name lookup failure
mount: nfsmount failed: Success
mount: Mounting host123:/crashdumps on /mnt failed: Success
Attempting to enter user-space to capture vmcore
...
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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