How to analyse the vmcore of the server which crashed manually via Sysrq key

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Issue

  • Kernel panic via echo command
  • SysRq : Trigger a crashdump
  • System crashed by following messages
   PANIC: "SysRq : Trigger a crashdump"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6
  • kernel 2.6.18-371.11.1.el5

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