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.TH KDUMPCTL 8 2015-07-13 kexec-tools |
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.SH NAME |
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kdumpctl \- control interface for kdump |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B kdumpctl |
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.I COMMAND |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.B kdumpctl |
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is used to check or control the kdump service. |
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In most cases, you should use |
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.B systemctl |
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to start / stop / enable kdump service instead. However, |
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.B kdumpctl |
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provides more details for debug and a helper to setup ssh key authentication. |
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.SH COMMANDS |
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.I start |
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Start the service. |
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.TP |
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.I stop |
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Stop the service. |
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.I status |
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Prints the current status of kdump service. |
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It returns non-zero value if kdump is not operational. |
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.I restart |
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Is equal to |
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.I start; stop |
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.I propagate |
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Helps to setup key authentication for ssh storage since it's |
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impossible to use password authentication during kdump. |
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.I showmem |
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Prints the size of reserved memory for crash kernel in megabytes. |
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.SH "SEE ALSO" |
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.BR kdump.conf (5), |
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.BR mkdumprd (8)
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