Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 500A Series Installation Manual page 302

CHAPTER 4 Work Required After Operating System Installation
The following operation allows the user to check whether the setting can be correctly
made.
# chkconfig –list diskdump
The displayed setting is as follows:
diskdump
(6) Checking dump collection
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Starting the dump service
Perform the following operation to start the dump service.
# service diskdump start
Remarks: The message shown below is output if the size of the dump device is
disk_dump: xx: is too small to save whole system memory
(xx: device name)
The following messages are output when the service is started. Ignore these
messages.
PRESERVEDUMP not enabled
SKIPSAVECORE not enabled
SALVAGEMESSAGE enabled
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Checking dump collection
If the system actually crashes, the dump may not be collected because of an area
shortage. To prevent that, check whether the crash dump is actually collected.
Note:
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Manually collect a dump.
Select [Partition] from the [Power Control] menu of the MMB WEB UI, set
[INIT] control, and then click [Apply].
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smaller than the size of installed memory. Review the setting of the dump
device area.
If the crash dump is forcibly collected, the system is forced to crash. Before
checking the dump collection, stop any important applications.
Unnecessary file systems should also be demounted.
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