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4.9 Dump Environment Setup (Linux: Red Hat)
4.9.1 Allocating a dump area
The operations required for using the various dump functions are described in the
sections listed below. Perform the required operations with root authority.
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diskdump function of RHEL-AS4 (IPF):
- 4.9.1.1, Creating a dump device.
- 4.9.1.2, Allocating a dump saving area.
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kdump function of RHEL-AS4 (IPF):
- 4.9.1.2, Allocating a dump saving area.
For details on estimating the disk space, see the PRIMEQUEST 580A/540A/580/540/
480/440 System Design Guide (C122-B001EN) or the PRIMEQUEST 520A/520/420
System Design Guide (C122-B009EN).
Remarks:By using the installer on a PRIMEQUEST accessory CD-ROM, the dump
can automatically be created.
The operation flow is shown below. The operations require the root privilege.
The following explains the procedure.
4.9.1.1 Creating a dump device
Use the parted command to allocate a dump device area.
The example in this section creates the dump device /dev/sdb1.
To allocate a disk partition for a dump device when installing the Linux OS, create the
disk partition with a file system specified. After the system starts, unmount the
created partition and delete information about the created partition from /etc/fstab.
# parted /dev/sdb
(parted) mkpart primary 0 1000
(parted) q
Create a dump device
Allocate dump saving area