How to enables core dump on the Linux netvault system so that we catch everthing (4046188)

How to enable core dump on the Linux netvault system so that we catch everthing when netvault process fails

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1. As root, edit the file /etc/security/limits.conf, add the following line to the end of the file;
* soft core unlimited
2. Logoff and back in to root.
3. Set the max core file size;
# ulimit -c unlimited
4. Check the max core file size;
# ulimit -c
unlimited
#

If the above command does not return the expected 'unlimited' result or you still have problems generating core files, check your shell configuration files ($HOME/.bash_profile or $HOME/.bashrc) and ensure the ulimit -c is not being set there.

Note the dump should ne written in the working directory i.e. /usr/netvault/bin

Explanation:

This may be required if we have Netvault processes crashing and we do not get enough relevant data from the netvault dump files