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Created attachment 928633 [details]
RHEL7system-config-kdump

Description of problem:

Dump target path cannot be modified when using system-config-kdump

#system-config-kdump --> target-settings --> Local Filesystem --> Path area is gray and cannot be modified

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

system-config-kdump-2.0.13-10.el7.noarch

How reproducible:

Can be reproduced every time both physical machine or VM

Actual results:

Path area is gray and cannot be modified

Expected results:

Path area can be modifed as RHEL6 does

Additional info:

Question, Is it be design in RHEL7 or a new bug?

This should be solved by backporting upstream commit d953b36f49ddee558dd95b9ecb51a5f011bc5e3e which fixes bug #1083007.

You should be able to choose explicit partition to dump to, however I noticed that xfs partitions are not listed in the Partition drop-down menu in current version even though they are supported by kdump [1]. That is a bug.

[1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide/sect-supported-kdump-targets.html

> noticed that xfs partitions are not listed in the Partition drop-down menu
> in current version even though they are supported by kdump [1]. That is a
> bug.

Fixed in upstream commit 095a1967f6202179e9d46e356fd13de899370a1f.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2512.html