Troubleshooting System Administration Issues in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: September 2014
 
 

About System Crashes

System crashes can occur due to hardware malfunctions, I/O problems, and software errors. If the system crashes, it will display an error message on the console and then write a copy of its physical memory to the dump device. The system will then reboot automatically. When the system reboots, the savecore command is executed to retrieve the data from the dump device and write the saved crash dump files to your savecore directory.These saved files provide invaluable information to aid in diagnosing the problem.


Note -  The term, a crash dump, refers to the overall result of this process, including the set of crash dump files, where they are located, and how these files are organized and formatted.