kdumpctl command fails to rebuild the crash kernel initramfs
Issue
kdumpctlcommand fail to rebuild the crash kernel initramfs.
# kdumpctl rebuild
kdump: Rebuilding /boot/initramfs-4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64kdump.img
dracut: systemd-initrd needs systemd in the initramfs
dracut: dracut module 'squash' depends on 'systemd-initrd', which can't be installed
dracut: dracut module 'kdumpbase' depends on 'squash', which can't be installed
dracut: dracut module 'kdump-reporter' depends on 'kdumpbase', which can't be installed
dracut: dracut-systemd needs systemd-initrd in the initramfs
dracut: dracut module 'kdumpbase' cannot be found or installed.
kdump: mkdumprd: failed to make kdump initrd
kdumpservice fail to start.
# systemctl status kdump
● kdump.service - Crash recovery kernel arming
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/kdump.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2023-03-03 15:32:52 JST; 29min ago
Main PID: 200461 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
3月 03 15:32:52 test dracut[200771]: dracut-systemd needs systemd-initrd in the initramfs
3月 03 15:32:52 test dracut[200771]: dracut module 'earlykdump' will not be installed, because it's in the list to be omitted!
3月 03 15:32:52 test dracut[200771]: memstrack is available
3月 03 15:32:52 test kdumpctl[200745]: dracut: dracut module 'kdumpbase' cannot be found or installed.
3月 03 15:32:52 test dracut[200771]: dracut module 'kdumpbase' cannot be found or installed.
3月 03 15:32:52 test kdumpctl[200463]: kdump: mkdumprd: failed to make kdump initrd
3月 03 15:32:52 test kdumpctl[200463]: kdump: Starting kdump: [FAILED]
3月 03 15:32:52 test systemd[1]: kdump.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
3月 03 15:32:52 test systemd[1]: kdump.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
3月 03 15:32:52 test systemd[1]: Failed to start Crash recovery kernel arming.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.2 (Ootpa)
- kexec-tools
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