Is there a way to stop an in process kdump/vmcore file dump?

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Issue

  • On some systems the core dump may take a few hours to dump due and create a large file due to a large amount of memory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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