Enabling CRASH dumps

[Amiel Tutolo]

Where is this done? Our system crashed over the weekend and there was nothing in /var/adm/crash/*. Do I need to turn something on or create a file somewhere? I am running HPUX 11.11 on a RP5430.

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Check /etc/rc.config.d/crashconf to make sure that CRASHCONF_ENABLED=1 is set.


Pete

[Amiel Tutolo]

My CRASHCONF_ENABLED is = 1. Should it be 0. Do I need to start and stop anything?

[Franky_1]

Hi Amiel,

as Pete already pointed out you'll have to set CRASHCONF_ENABLED=1 in /etc/rc.config.d/crashconf and in the same directory in the file savecrash you can set additional parameters like crash directory, compression rate and so on ...

Regards

Franky

[Geoff Wild]

On top of setting CRASHCONF_ENABLED=1 in /etc/rc.config.d/crashconf, I would also make /var/adm/crash it's own filesystem.

I make mine 512 MB larger then installed ram.

Rgds...Geoff

[Bill Hassell]

Also check /etc/rc.log for messages in the crashconf and savecrash sections (search for those keywords).