Kdump is not working with kernel-xen.

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Issue

  • Kdump is not working with kernel-xen. Following message is noticed during the dump process
copy_vmcoreinfo:"Can't get offset_vmconreinfo(0) or size_vmcoreifo(0).
makedumpfile Failed"
  • /etc/kdump.conf contains
net <nfs-server-ip>:/pathtonfs
core_collector makedumpfile -d 31 -c

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Kernel-xen 2.6.18-308.el5

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