How can I dump the memory of a running system, if no memory for a kexec kernel got reserved?

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Issue

  • How do I create a dump of the entire memory of a RHEL5.9 system, without interrupting its operation?
  • How can I dump the memory of a running system, if no memory for a kexec kernel got reserved?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6and 7
  • kdump

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