Kdump service fails to start in RHEL 7 with error message "The specified dump target needs makedumpfile "-F" option"

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Issue

  • Kdump service fails to start when using ssh in RHEL 7
# kdumpctl restart
kexec: unloaded kdump kernel
Stopping kdump: [OK]
WARNING: '/home/test/.ssh/id_rsa' doesn't exist, using default value '/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa'
Detected change(s) in the following file(s):

  /etc/kdump.conf
Rebuilding /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-229.11.1.el7.x86_64kdump.img
The specified dump target needs makedumpfile "-F" option.
mkdumprd: failed to make kdump initrd
Starting kdump: [FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • kexec-tools

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