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Solaris Crash Dumps

Updated 2 Jan 2003 Read time 3 min(s) 27 sec(s) (662 visits).

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

Published 2 Jan 2003 Read time 2 min(s) 6 sec(s) (2387 visits).

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

Published 2 Jan 2003 Read time 3 min(s) 28 sec(s) (2492 visits).

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

Published 29 Nov 1999 Read time 24 sec(s) (2987 visits).

savecore under solaris 2.6 fails with 2GB or larger swap partitions

Published 18 Jan 2000 Read time 5 min(s) 10 sec(s) (3028 visits).

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