17.3.1. Performing a Core Dump

17.3.1. Performing a Core Dump

You can use xm to perform a memory dump of an existing virtual machine.

 
xm dump-core [-C] [domain-id]

This command dumps the virtual machine's memory to the xendump file located in the /var/lib/xen/dump/ directory. You can terminate the virtual machine by including the -C option.