system node coredump external-device save
Save a coredump to an external USB device
Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the advanced privilege level.
Description
The system node coredump external-device save command saves a specified core dump to an external USB device plugged into the port specified by the -device parameter.
External USB device requirements:
- A device formatted as FAT32 can be used to save a core dump smaller than 4GB.
- To save a core dump larger than 4GB, format the device with the ext2 filesystem with the largefile flag set.This can be done using the following command on a Linux host: mkfs.ext2 -T largefile <device_name>
- The command system node coredump show can be used to determine the size of the core dump.
Parameters
- -node {<nodename>|local} - Node That Owns the Coredump
- This specifies the node on which the core dump is located.
- -device {usb0|usb1} - Device
- This specifies the port on the node to which the external USB device is connected, for example: usb0.
- -corename <text> - Coredump Name
- This specifies the core dump that is to be saved.
Examples
The following example saves a core dump named core.101268397.2010-05-30.19_37_31.nz on node1 to an external USB device in port usb0:
cluster1::> system node coredump external-device save -node node1 -device usb0 -corename core.101268397.2010-05-30.19_37_31.nz
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