kdump generation is getting fail if "nofail" mount option is being used for non root mount point.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • vmcore generation process getting failed with below message.
Mounting /kdumproot/coredump...
kdump: dump target is 
kdump: error: Dump target  is not mounted.    
kdump: saving vmcore failed
[FAILED] Failed to start Kdump Vmcore Save Service.
See 'systemctl status kdump-capture.service' for details.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • kexec-tools.

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