kdump service fails to start with "kdumpctl: Usage kdump.conf: default {reboot|halt|poweroff|shell|dump_to_rootfs}"
Issue
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kdump service fails to start and shows the below message:
[root@localhost ~]# kdumpctl start Usage kdump.conf: default {reboot|halt|poweroff|shell|dump_to_rootfs} Starting kdump: [FAILED]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- kexec-tools
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