[RHEL 8.8] Kdump over NFS using FQDN fails when the system has two interfaces.
Issue
- Kdump fails to generate the vmcore file over NFS using FQDN name when the system has two interfaces.
- The condition to trigger this issue is,
- The NIC1's IP address must fall within the DNS server's network range.
- The NIC's IP address must fall within the NFS server's network range.
- The
KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND
withifname=<> ip=<>
, refer.
- The kdump fails with below logs.
[ 70.737299] kdump[548]: dump path "/kdumproot/ccfkdump" is not mounted, trying to mount...
[ 70.765322] kdump.sh[550]: mount.nfs: Failed to resolve server kdump-server: Name or service not known <<<-------
[ 70.810298] kdump[552]: failed to dump to "/kdumproot/ccfkdump", it's not a mount point!
[ 70.852691] kdump[554]: saving vmcore failed
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8
- kexec-tools-2.0.25-5.el8.x86_64 and later.
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