How to capture a vmcore of hung Red Hat Enterprise Linux VMware® guest system using VMware® "vmss2core" tool ?
Issue
- RHEL server running on VMware hung or rebooted, need root cause analysis (RCA)
- VM is hanging and unresponsive on vCenter console, how to troubleshoot?
- How to capture a vmcore from RHEL VMware® guest system?
- RHEL OS on VMWare has high load or is not responding, how to capture core file for analysis
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,5,6,7
- VMware® Workstation 7.1
- ESX
- VMware® "vmss2core" tool
- vmcore
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