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Kdump in Linux VM Guest

ymahesh81 — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:19:45 GMT

Hi ,

Need your help..I am stucked with unable to create memory dump when the linux vm crashes. After completion of kdump configuation with the key combination Alt+PrintScreen+m vmcore is not generating.When I tryed manually with the command echo 'c' > /proc/sysrq-trigger able to generate vmcore.Waiting for your reply..

Thanks

Re: Kdump in Linux VM Guest

Reiner Rottmann — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:07:44 GMT

"If running via an RDP session, in order to allow the unusual SysRq key to be forwarded, the RDP session must be set to allow it. When starting the session with mstsc.exe, set Apply Windows key combinations under the Local Resources tab to On the remote computer. "

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