14.3. Installing kdump on the command line
Installation options such as custom Kickstart installations, in some cases does not install or enable kdump by default. The following procedure helps you enable kdump in this case.
Prerequisites
- An active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription.
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A repository containing the
kexec-tools,kdump-utils, andmakedumpfilepackages for your system CPU architecture. -
Fulfilled requirements for
kdumpconfigurations and targets. For details, see Supported kdump configurations and targets.
Procedure
Check if
kdumpis installed on your system:# rpm -q kexec-tools kdump-utils makedumpfileIf the
kdumpis not installed, install required packages:# dnf install kexec-tools kdump-utils makedumpfile