Locating a Dump File in a Virtual Machine
Locate a dump file in a virtual machine (VM) if the VM has crashed and you need to collect the dump file for troubleshooting purposes.
To collect a dump file for your service representative
- For Windows-based VMs—Retrieve the file from C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP (by default) in the file system of the VM.
- For Linux-based VMs—Retrieve the dump file from the /var/crash directory (by default) in the file system of the VM.
If you cannot locate a dump file, ensure that you configured the guest operating system to generate a crash dump file when the operating system hangs: