[rhelv6-list] Problems getting kdump to turn on

[Don Hoover]

Whenever "service kdump starts" I am getting errors of some sort.

If I use the default location of /var/crash, I get the following error:

Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64kdump.img

Can not save vmcore to target device /dev/cciss/c0d0p2. This device can not be initialized in kdump kernel as it is not resettable

Failed to run mkdumprd



If I give it a net location to save the dump, in the /etc/kdump.conf file and try to start kdump, I get this error:


Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64kdump.img
Rootfs device /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 is not resettable, can not be used as the default target, please specify a default action
Failed to run mkdumprd


Is there something about the HP cciss that makes it so you can't use the file systems in that device?  These are ProLiant DL380 G5's.  I have a ProLiant DL380 G6 that it seems to work on which is odd.