How to Disable or Enable Saving Crash Dumps

1. Become superuser.

2. Disable or enable the saving of crash dumps on your system.

   # dumpadm -n | -y

Example—Disabling the Saving of Crash Dumps

This example illustrates how to disable the saving of crash dumps on your system.

# dumpadm -n
      Dump content: all pages
       Dump device: /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1 (dedicated)
Savecore directory: /var/crash/pluto (minfree = 77071KB)
  Savecore enabled: no

Example—Enabling the Saving of Crash Dumps

This example illustrates how to enable the saving of crash dump on your system.

# dumpadm -y
      Dump content: all pages
       Dump device: /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1 (dedicated)
Savecore directory: /var/crash/pluto (minfree = 77071KB)
  Savecore enabled: yes