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Operating Systems Solaris crash dumps Post 302388653 by asalman.qazi on Thursday 21st of January 2010 04:44:36 AM

01-21-2010

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crash dumps

I am supporting a server running Solaris 4.3.The server is not having ddicated system administrator and i am requred to do minor maintenance tasks.l From few days, The server is automatically crashing and i just reboot the server. I also do not see anything in /var/adm/messages that can give an idea as to actually why the server is crashing. There may be some serious problem going on with the server that needs to be taken care of as soon as possible.I have read that a crash dump file is generated when the server crashes.

i did a

Code:

find . -name '*crash*' -print

and received the following output

Code:

./usr/etc/crash
./usr/share/man/man8/crash.8
./usr/share/man/man8/crash.8s
./usr/kvm/sys/sun4m/OBJ/subr_crash.o
./usr/kvm/crash
./export/exec/proto.root.sunos.4.1.3_U1/etc/crash
./export/exec/proto.root.sunos.4.1.3_U1/var/crash
./etc/crash
./var/crash

but all of the crash files are 0 bytes. Can any one suggest the correct location of the crash file and as to where i should look for this file.
Please let me know if am to post some other detailed information

Thanks in advance

asalman.qazi

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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

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