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Solaris Crash Dumps

Updated 2 Jan 2003 Read time 3 min(s) 27 sec(s) (597 visits).

If a Solaris system crashes (panic) it is possible to write the entire contents of memory to disk for later analysis.

Updated 2 Jan 2003 Read time 2 min(s) 6 sec(s) (2322 visits).

A crash dump is a snapshot of the physical memory, saved on disk, at the time that a fatal system error occurs.

Updated 2 Jan 2003 Read time 3 min(s) 28 sec(s) (2424 visits).

Core files are created when a program or an application terminates abnormally and are by default eritten to the current working directory.

Updated 18 Jan 2000 Read time 5 min(s) 10 sec(s) (2948 visits).

Whatever the cause, the crash dump itself provides invaluable information to a support engineer to aid in diagnosing the problem.