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No coredump target has been configured

Hi

I'm seeing the "No coredump target has been configured" message on one of my hosts after installation and it has local storage. I should have fixed this before it has VM's on it but I didn't..

So I check to see what it is currently set at...

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>esxcli -s X.X.X.X  -h Y.Y.Y.Y system coredump partition get

Enter username: XXXXXXX

Enter password:

Not a known device: naa.6d4ae520a0be19001b76325c0ec1d22a

Then I list available partitions

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>esxcli -s X.X.X.X  -h Y.Y.Y.Y system coredump partition list

Enter username: XXXXXXX

Enter password:

no configured dump partition found; skipping

My concern is accidentally initialising an active partition, how can I set the coredump partition and can it be done via the web client?

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bspagna89
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Hi,

Please check out this KB :

VMware KB: Configuring a diagnostic coredump partition on an ESXi 5.x host

1. Validate that something shows up in this list -  esxcli system coredump partition list

2. Set the coredump partition by :

  esxcli system coredump partition set --partition="mpx.vmhba2:C0:T0:L0:7"

  esxcli system coredump partition set --enable true

You can also try using :

esxcli system coredump partition set --enable true --smart

This will automatically set a partition.

Hope this helps.

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tyepez
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Solución al problema "no coredump target has been configured. host core dumps cannot be saved"

Mediante SSH, consultamos el estado de la partición de diagnostico (coredump).

# esxcli system coredump partition get

Not a known device *mi-anterior-identificador-de-disco*

# esxcli system coredump partition list

no configured dump partition found; skipping

El resultado muestra que esto no está funcionando, si es el caso, se necesita re-configurar la partición de diagnóstico.

# esxcli system coredump partition set --unconfigure

Listamos las particiones existentes

# esxcli system coredump partition list

Name Path Active Configured

-------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------ ----------

naa.6005076040ab4c101d8314b335edd7a0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6005076040ab4c101d8314b335edd7a0:7 false false

naa.6005076040ab4c101d8314b335edd7a0:9 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6005076040ab4c101d8314b335edd7a0:9 false false

Para seleccionar y activar automáticamente una partición de diagnóstico accesible, ejecutamos el siguiente comando:

# esxcli system coredump partition set --enable true --smart

Nuevamente consultamos el estado de la partición de diagnóstico y listo, problema resuelto.

# esxcli system coredump partition get

Active: naa.6005076040ab4c101d8314b335edd7a0:9

Configured: naa.6005076040ab4c101d8314b335edd7a0:9

Saludos,

DanyDemers
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Even if I don't understand spanish, I understood the command in Tyepez post and this was the solution for us after migration the boot into a new SAN we had these error on all our esxi host. Thank you for this information.

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acarty
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I don't speak Spanish either but this fix worked for me too. Thanks.

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singhraj
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i am having issue because new ESXi hosts is storing its coredump file on different data stroe on SAN and some ESXi stroing on local disk.

i am trying to find out how ESXi pick to SAN (VNX)datastroe or local datastore to store its coredump file.

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singhraj
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we did not configured coredump target when we setup new ESXi6.5 hosts

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