[RHEL 5] Kdump reports "Warning! Lack of dump target specification means core_collector option is ignored! ".

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Issue

  • Kdump reports following warning messages :
# service kdump start
No kdump initial ramdisk found.                            [WARNING]
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.el5kdump.img
Warning!  Lack of dump target specification means core_collector option is ignored!
Starting kdump:

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • kexec-tools-1.102pre-96.el5

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