Installation

please use the comoonics-netdump rpm to install the com-netdump init script. The com-netdump initscript has some enhancements for using netdump with bonding interfaces.

You can use up2date to install the comoonics-netdump rpm:

    # up2date -i comoonics-netdump

Enable netconsole

In order to enable the netconsole, add IP address of your syslog server in the file '/etc/sysconfig/netdump':

    # If you want the console log (not crash dumps) sent via the
    # syslog service, set SYSLOGADDR to the IP of the syslog server.
    # The other two values normally remain unchanged.
    SYSLOGADDR=<IP address>
    # SYSLOGPORT=514
    # SYSLOGMACADDR=

To be able to send kprint messages to another syslog server, the debug level for kernel messages (kprint) has to be increased. The follwing line should be added to the file '/etc/sysctl':

    kernel.printk=9 4 1 7

To activate the sysctl settings, do:

    #>sysctl -p

Enable netdump

In order to enable netdumps, add the IP address of your netdump server in the file '/etc/sysconfig/netdump':

    NETDUMPADDR=<IP address>

starting netdump and netconsole

Please use the com-netdump initscript to start netdump:

    # /etc/init.d/com-netdump start
    initializing netdump                                       [    OK  ]
    initializing netconsole                                    [  OK  ]