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How to Configure kdump on Linux: Collecting Kernel Crash Dumps and Analyzing Critical System Failures
kdump captures the entire state of RAM at the moment of a kernel panic — before the system has a chance to reboot. It is the only tool that allows sysadmins to investigate the root cause of a server crash when the logs record nothing. This guide covers installing and configuring kdump on RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu, safely triggering a test crash, and analyzing vmcore files with the crash tool.