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Creating a vmkdump Partition using FDISK Command Line
Details
How do I create a vmkdump partition using the command line
version of fdisk?
Solution
The vmkdump partition has a partition type of 0xfc. Once you create this partition, you can use the
command
/usr/sbin/vmkdump -p scsi0:0:4
to tell the VMkernel which partition to use. You will need to
know the SCSI name of the partition from the point of view of the
VMkernel. This is not necessarily the same name that Linux
sees.
You can use the following command to determine what partitions
can be used as a vmkdump partition.
/usr/sbin/vmkpcidivy --query vmkdump_part
Alternatively, you can just restart the system and let the
startup scripts select the vmkdump partition for you.
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