Chapter 9 System Dump Analysis

Table of Contents

9.1.1 Configuring and Using Kdump
9.1.2 Files Used by Kdump
9.1.3 Using Kdump with OCFS2
9.1.4 Using Kdump with a System Hang

9.2.1 Installing the crash Packages
9.2.2 Running crash
9.2.3 Kernel Data Structure Analysis Commands
9.2.4 System State Commands
9.2.5 Helper Commands
9.2.6 Session Control Commands
9.2.7 Guidelines for Examining a Dump File

This chapter describes how to configure a system to create a memory image in the event of a system crash, and how to use the crash debugger to analyse the memory image in a crash dump or for a live system.