[RHEV] How do I cause a hanging Linux VM to produce a core dump?

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Issue

  • If a VM hangs, possibly responding to ICMP requests but with no accessible console, how can I make the VM crash manually? I need a core file to be analyzed by Red Hat Support in order to determine why the VM was hanging.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3

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