Tim Verhoeven schrieb: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Andrei F<frunzales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have CentOS 5.2 installed on two of the afore-mentioned blades. >> I've noticed that the OS started to crash lately (kernel panic) and I've >> been assigned the task to troubleshoot this issue. >> >> I would like to know what is the best way of recovering the kernel >> dump after the OS crashes. >> >> I know there are two software implementations that would enable me >> to do this, kexec and 'crash' , redhat's own implementation that allows >> you to pust the dump via network to a remote machine. >> >> What would be the best thing to do at this point? >> >> > > I don't have any experience for how to debug this. But I have CentOS 5 > running fine on the same kind of Blades. I have about 25 of them and > have seen no crashes. What kernel are you running ? Did you upgrade > the firmware on the Blades to the latest version ? > > Regards, > Tim > > There's also the BMC's firmware, and the I/O-modules firmware etc. It shouldn't crash. Does it run the latest kernel? Change the disks to another blade in another blade-center (if you have another) and see if it crashes there, too. It's most likely a hardware-problem. Open a case with IBM. Rainer _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos