Kdump failes with "kdump: get_host_ip exited with non-zero status!".

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Kdump failed to create vmcore on ssh or nfs dump target with following error.
 [    7.156567] mount[368]: mount: /var/crash: bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program.
[    7.160179] systemd[1]: var-crash.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=32
[    7.163034] systemd[1]: var-crash.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
[    7.165646] scsi host1: ahci
[    7.179870] systemd[1]: Failed to mount /var/crash.
[ESC[0;1;31mFAILEDESC[0m] Failed to mount /var/crash.
See 'systemctl status var-crash.mount' for details.
[ESC[0;1;33mDEPENDESC[0m] Dependency failed for Remote File Systems.
         Starting dracut pre-pivot and cleanup hook...
[    7.189112] systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Remote File Systems.
[    7.198033] systemd[1]: remote-fs.target: Job remote-fs.target/start failed with result 'dependency'.
[    7.201065] systemd[1]: Starting dracut pre-pivot and cleanup hook...
[    7.229421] scsi host2: ahci
[ESC[0;32m  OK  ESC[0m] Started dracut pre-pivot and cleanup hook.
         Starting Kdump Vmcore Save Service...
[    7.254759] systemd[1]: Started dracut pre-pivot and cleanup hook.
[    7.264038] systemd[1]: Starting Kdump Vmcore Save Service...
[    7.304270] scsi host3: ahci
[    7.372312] scsi host4: ahci
/bin/kdump.sh: line 151: ip: command not found    <<<----
kdump: wrong kdumpnic: ens1
kdump: get_host_ip exited with non-zero status!    <<<----
[ESC[0;1;31mFAILEDESC[0m] Failed to start Kdump Vmcore Save Service.
See 'systemctl status kdump-capture.service' for details.
[ESC[0;32m  OK  ESC[0m] Stopped target Network is Online.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • kexec-tools

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