[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Crash

[Rich]

mkdir -p /var/crash/$(hostname)
pfexec dumpadm -y

And ideally, put "set dump_plat_mincpu=0" in /etc/system, lest the
core dump code try to thread and fail miserably.

Next time you die, you should get a core dump in
/var/crash/[hostname]/, presuming your dump device has enough space.

- Rich

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:18 PM, David Scharbach
<david.scharbach at mac.com> wrote:
> I will make a memtest ISO ASAP.  /var/adm/messages shows nothing.  /var/crash does not exist on my system.
>
> Will see what memtest says.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
> On 2013-01-15, at 9:10 PM, Ian Collins <ian at ianshome.com> wrote:
>
>> David Scharbach wrote:
>>> I have an OI installation that seems to crash about every 20 days.  Locks up completely and needs a hard reset.  Not very much fun.
>>>
>>> Question I have is where would I start to look to see why?  I first thought it may be due to scrubbing load on the LSI controller but that is not the case.  It crashed today hours after a curb was successful at 2AM.
>>>
>>> I am a new OI user and would really appreciate a bit of help on this one.  Basically looking for a crash dump of some sort and the locations that I have looked at don't really help.
>>>
>>> System is
>>>
>>> i3 CPU
>>> 32GB Ram
>>> LSI SAS2008
>>> Intel SAS expander
>>> 13 SATA 7200RPM drives
>>> Asus MB
>>
>> Is there any evidence of a crash in the logs?
>>
>> Look in /var/adm/messages for any clues and under /var/crash/<hostname> for any dumps.
>>
>> I'm not sure if there is a version of Solaris CAT (Crash Analysis Tool) that works with OI.  If there is and you have a dump that's the best place to look.
>>
>> If there isn't any evidence of a crash, there's a fair chance you have a hardware problem.  I'm guessing that with an i3 motherboard you won't have ECC memory, so running memtest86 for a while would be a good start.
>>
>> --
>> Ian.
>>
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