Dumping over SSH fails with the message "dd: opening `/remote_location/vmcore-incomplete': No such file or directory"

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Issue

  • Kdump over SSH fails with the message "dd: opening `/remote_location/vmcore-incomplete': No such file or directory"
Saving to remote location user@remote_host
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
bnx2 0000:41:00.0: eth2: NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready
Free memory/Total memory (free %): 57020 / 114904 ( 49.624 )

Checking for memory holes          : [  0 %] 
Checking for memory holes          : [100 %] 
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dd: opening `remote_location/vmcore-incomplete': No such file or directory

Excluding unnecessary pages        : [100 %] 
Excluding free pages               : [100 %] 
md: stopping all md devices.
cciss 0000:48:00.0: Completed flushing cache on controller 0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:04.4: HCRESET not completed yet!
Restarting system.
machine restart

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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