Appendix F - Kdump Setup; How To Set Up Kdump; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6; Setting Up Kdump With A Pathmanager Device - Overland Storage SnapSAN S3000 User Manual

Appendix F

How to Set up kdump

This section shows how to set and cancel the setting to use PathManager device using LVM.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6

If you use kdump with PathManager devices, you must use the OS shown below:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Kernel-2.6.18-53.el5 or later)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform (Kernel-2.6.18-92.el5 or later)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Kernel-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6 or later)
* PathManager does not support the kdump via iSCSI connection.

Setting up kdump with a PathManager Device

To set up kdump with a PathManager device, follow the procedures described below.
Example) If you make kdump output to "/dev/dda1" (filesystem: ext3).
Modify the "/etc/kdump.conf" file.
Making a backup copy of kdump.conf. (This will be used to reset.)
1. Make a backup copy of "/etc/kdump.conf" to "/etc/kdump.conf.sps".
2. Write the setting that kdump loads the "dd_mod.ko".
3. Write the setting that the target of kdump is /dev/dda1.
<Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6>
Execute "spsconfig" command with "-kdump-cfg-add" option.
#spsconfig -kdump-cfg-add /dev/dda >> /etc/kdump.conf
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