Mkdumprd fail with error “The ifcfg-is or ifcfg-xxx which contains DEVICE=is field doesn't exist.” in cluster enviroment

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Issue

  • In a cluster environment post upgrade from RHEL 6.6 to RHEL 6.8, the mkdumprd fails while trying to re-build initrd-2.6.32-642.6.1.el6.x86_64kdump.img with below error message .

    No kdump initial ramdisk found.                            [WARNING]
    Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-642.6.1.el6.x86_64kdump.img
    The ifcfg-is or ifcfg-xxx which contains DEVICE=is field doesn't exist.
    Failed to run mkdumprd
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 - 6.9
  • Red Hat High Availability

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