insufficient space on dump device to save full crash dump

[Manuales]

Hi ..
i shut down a server and when it has to be started it is sent the following message:

insufficient space on dump device to save full crash dump

the server can not be started, do i have to access there as single mode? how can i do that?
i know that inthat mode is limited to run commands, what do i have to do to deliver space into that files system?

please let me know
thanks.

[Murat SULUHAN]

Hi Manuales

Connect from MP
Boot your server into single mode
mount your crash directory related lvol (ussualy /var/adm/crash )
move or delete some files to free up more space
switch to standard run level, or reboot your server (for example you can delete old crash directories)


Best Regards
Murat

[TTr]

You also have a couple more options but you still have to boot in single user mode and make changes in /etc/rc.config.d/savecore or /etc/rc.config.d/savecrash

1. disable the saving of the crash dump if you don't have space for it or you don't need it by changing "SAVECRASH" from 1 to 0.

2. Change the SAVECRASH_DIR to another mounted folder that has enough space. How much space is enough? It depends on the amount of memory your server has.

After you make one of these changes you allow the server to boot up in multiuser mode. ("init 3" or reboot).