Enabling And Disabling The Core Dump Monitor - Juniper JUNOSE SOFTWARE FOR E SERIES 11.3.X - SYSTEM BASICS CONFIGURATION GUIDE 2010-10-04 Configuration Manual

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you to automatically transfer core dump files from NVS to an FTP server location for
storage. The core dump monitor can also automatically delete transferred core dump
files.
The core dump monitor attempts to delete transferred files when all of the following
conditions have been met:
The router attempts to write a core dump file to NVS.
NVS contains insufficient space to hold the new core dump file.
The core dump files have already been transferred from NVS to an FTP server location
using the automatic core dump monitor transfer process.
Only those core dump files that have already been transferred from NVS are considered
for deletion. Of those, the oldest files are deleted first, and the router generates a log
message for each core dump file it deletes.
NOTE: If the router NVS does not contain sufficient space to hold a new core
dump file even after deleting all possible core dump files, the core dump fails
and the router generates a log message for this condition.

Enabling and Disabling the Core Dump Monitor

The core dump monitor is disabled by default. To enable the core dump monitor, use the
exception monitor command. Use the no version of this command to disable the core
dump monitor.
Use to enable the router core dump monitor and specify the location to which you
want the router to transfer core dump files.
To send the file to an FTP server, enter the IP address of the FTP server and the name
of the directory on the server to which the system will transfer the file.
Enabling the core dump monitor specifies that future core dump files be saved to NVS.
See "exception dump" on page 310 command for details.
Example
host1(config)#exception monitor 192.168.56.7 CORE_DUMPS
Use the no version to disable the core dump monitor.
NOTE: You can use "exception protocol ftp" on page 311 command to assign
a username and password to the targeted FTP server. If you choose not to
define a username or password, the router uses the values of " anonymous"
and " null," respectively.
See exception monitor.
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