Why would netdump give the error "netdump: cannot arp [ip address]" at the start the service?

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Issue

  • Why would netdump give the error "netdump: cannot arp [ip address]" at the start the service?
  • When starting the netdump following error message is noticed:

    netdump: cannot arp <ip address>
    bash: line 1: /var/crash/magic/: Is a directory
    netdump: could not ssh to server <ip address>
    netdump server ssh key exchange                            [FAILED]
    

or

# service netdump restart
netdump: cannot arp ada on eth0
netdump: cannot find 10.31.101.80 in arp cache
netdump: can't resolve 10.31.101.80 MAC address netdump server address resolution [FAILED]
  • How do I use eth1 as the netdump device in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

    root@XXXXX sysconfig]# service netdump start 
    netdump: cannot traceroute XXXX on interface eth0 
    eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found 
    netdump: cannot arp XXXXX on eth0 
    eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found 
    bash: /var/crash/magic/: Is a directory 
    netdump: could not ssh to server XXXXX
    netdump server ssh key exchange                
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4
  • netdump

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