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NEX-9338 improve the layout of the crash directory
Reviewed by: Sanjay Nadkarni <sanjay.nadkarni@nexenta.com>
Reviewed by: Steve Peng <steve.peng@nexenta.com>
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boots.
Depending on the dumpadm(1M) configuration savecore saves either the
compressed or uncompressed crash dump. The compressed crash dump is
! saved in the file directory/vmdump.n. savecore saves the uncompressed
! crash dump data in the file directory/vmcore.n and the kernel's
! namelist in directory/unix.n. The trailing n in the pathnames is
! replaced by a number which grows every time savecore is run in that
! directory.
Before writing out a crash dump, savecore reads a number from the file
directory/minfree. This is the minimum number of kilobytes that must
remain free on the file system containing directory. If after saving
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boots.
Depending on the dumpadm(1M) configuration savecore saves either the
compressed or uncompressed crash dump. The compressed crash dump is
! saved in the file directory/data/uuid/vmdump.n, where uuid is the OS
! instance UUID of the image that crashed. savecore saves the
! uncompressed crash dump data in the file directory/data/uuid/vmcore.n
! and the kernel's namelist in directory/data/uuid/unix.n. The trailing n
! in the pathnames is replaced by a number which grows every time
! savecore is run in that directory.
Before writing out a crash dump, savecore reads a number from the file
directory/minfree. This is the minimum number of kilobytes that must
remain free on the file system containing directory. If after saving
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The following operands are supported:
directory
Save the crash dump files to the specified directory. If
directory is not specified, savecore saves the crash dump
! files to the default savecore directory, configured by
! dumpadm(1M).
FILES
! directory/vmdump.n
! directory/vmcore.n
! directory/unix.n
directory/bounds
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The following operands are supported:
directory
Save the crash dump files to the specified directory. If
directory is not specified, savecore saves the crash dump
! to the default savecore directory, configured by
! dumpadm(1M), and files are stored under distinct
! directory/data/uuid folder.
FILES
! directory/data/uuid/vmdump.n
! directory/data/uuid/vmcore.n
! directory/data/uuid/unix.n
directory/bounds
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savecore very soon after booting, before the swap space containing the
crash dump is overwritten by programs currently running.
! January 30, 2013 SAVECORE(1M)
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savecore very soon after booting, before the swap space containing the
crash dump is overwritten by programs currently running.
! January 8, 2017 SAVECORE(1M)