Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:00:36 -0700 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Ngie Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r316938 - head/sbin/savecore Message-ID: <CAG6CVpVvDFiVDYCcSsk12tZwCGY9aP5b1t6U581z80O1VqCSdw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <B6B4FC16-55E0-401B-8630-0B8F8C7850BB@lerctr.org> References: <AB41FBB8-12D6-48D7-BE34-664D2F267A2F@lerctr.org> <201704150135.v3F1ZD2S009211@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <B6B4FC16-55E0-401B-8630-0B8F8C7850BB@lerctr.org>
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Larry, You just need to run netdumpd on the nearby server. It could be a port (although I'm not aware that it is ported yet). Best, Conrad On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote: > On 4/14/17, 8:35 PM, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> = wrote: > >> Yeah, I have the following: > > borg.lerctr.org /home/ler $ swapctl -l > > Device: 1024-blocks Used: > > /dev/mfid0p3 8388608 0 > > /dev/mfid1p3 8388608 0 > > /dev/mfid2p3 8388608 0 > > /dev/mfid3p3 8388608 0 > > /dev/mfid4p3 8388608 0 > > /dev/mfid5p3 8388608 0 > > borg.lerctr.org /home/ler $ sysctl hw.physmem > > hw.physmem: 137368682496 > > borg.lerctr.org /home/ler $ > > > > SO 6 8G partitions (48G), but the dump is larger than 8G. > > Larry, > This is a very good concern and point given todays more > common huge memory foot prints and lots of spindles. I'll > keep this in they back of my mind as I tromp around in the > dump code. I have another solution that may work for you > and that is to use Netdump rather than swapdump. This > basically eliminates the trip to swap space and you end > up going to savecore style output on the netdump server. > > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@fr= eebsd.org > > What does it take for NetDump to work to a FreeNAS (9.10 nightly) server = since that=E2=80=99s what is =E2=80=9Cnext to=E2=80=9D this server? > > >
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