How to use the SysRq facility to collect information from a RHEL server
Issue
- How to use the SysRq facility to collect information from a server which is frozen or unresponsive
- How to manually force a crash in server hang conditions
- If the system goes into a hung state, can a vmcore or core dumps be captured?
- How do I enable SysRq to force a kernel panic?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, 9
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