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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>
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@
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.
+ 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
@@ -81,24 +82,25 @@
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).
+ to the default savecore directory, configured by
+ dumpadm(1M), and files are stored under distinct
+ directory/data/uuid folder.
FILES
- directory/vmdump.n
+ directory/data/uuid/vmdump.n
- directory/vmcore.n
+ directory/data/uuid/vmcore.n
- directory/unix.n
+ directory/data/uuid/unix.n
directory/bounds
@@ -134,6 +136,6 @@
savecore very soon after booting, before the swap space containing the
crash dump is overwritten by programs currently running.
- January 30, 2013 SAVECORE(1M)
+ January 8, 2017 SAVECORE(1M)