From 5be00af7c80ed4972c1f3379e6db9937e1a8b7bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: CoprDistGit Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:19:39 +0000 Subject: automatic import of kexec-tools --- kdumpctl.8 | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 kdumpctl.8 (limited to 'kdumpctl.8') diff --git a/kdumpctl.8 b/kdumpctl.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae97af7 --- /dev/null +++ b/kdumpctl.8 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.TH KDUMPCTL 8 2015-07-13 kexec-tools + +.SH NAME +kdumpctl \- control interface for kdump + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B kdumpctl +.I COMMAND + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B kdumpctl +is used to check or control the kdump service. +In most cases, you should use +.B systemctl +to start / stop / enable kdump service instead. However, +.B kdumpctl +provides more details for debug and a helper to setup ssh key authentication. + +.SH COMMANDS +.TP +.I start +Start the service. +.TP +.I stop +Stop the service. +.TP +.I status +Prints the current status of kdump service. +It returns non-zero value if kdump is not operational. +.TP +.I restart +Is equal to +.I start; stop +.TP +.I reload +reload crash kernel image and initramfs without triggering a rebuild. +.TP +.I rebuild +rebuild the crash kernel initramfs. +.TP +.I propagate +Helps to setup key authentication for ssh storage since it's +impossible to use password authentication during kdump. +.TP +.I showmem +Prints the size of reserved memory for crash kernel in megabytes. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR kdump.conf (5), +.BR mkdumprd (8) -- cgit v1.2.3