The "crash --log" command failed with an error message "crash: VMCOREINFO: no log buffer data"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to dump the contents of the kernel ring buffer using the crash --log command.
  • The crash --log command failed with an error message "crash: VMCOREINFO: no log buffer data"
# crash --log vmcore
crash: VMCOREINFO: no log buffer data

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • crash

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