Kdump fails to start with messages "Another app is currently holding the kdump lock; waiting for it to exit..."

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Issue

  • Kdump fails to start with the below error message.
# kdumpctl start
kdumpctl: flock: requires file descriptor, file or directory
kdumpctl: Another app is currently holding the kdump lock; waiting for it to exit...

Environment

  • RHEL-7

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