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In computing, a dump refers to recording the contents of the working memory of a computer program or operating system at a specific time, generally when it has terminated abnormally (crashed). Dumps are written to file and can be useful in debugging and diagnosing the crash that prompted the dump.

In computing, a dump refers to recording the contents of the working memory of a computer program or operating system at a specific time, generally when it has terminated abnormally (crashed). Dumps are written to file and can be useful in debugging and diagnosing the crash that prompted the dump.

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Export and import a PostgreSQL database with a different name?

Is there a way to export a PostgreSQL database and later import it with another name? I'm using PostgreSQL with Rails and I often export the data from production, where the database is called blah_production and import it on development or staging…
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Non-blocking core dump on Linux?

I'm looking for a way to take a non-intrusive coredump of a running process on Linux. I'm familiar with gdb's gcore, but that can only be run when gdb is attached to the process and it's stopped for debugging. For a big core dump that might mean…
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Is there a mechanism in Unix (or Linux) to stop an in-progress core dump?

Let's say a (very) large process is crashing and dumping core, and we know the cause from other information (possibly an assert message, maybe something else). Is there a way to stop the core dump from being completely generated, since it's a waste…
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How to get a core dump from apache when segfaulting

I've followed instructions from many locations online on how to get a core dump from apache when it is producing a segfault, but it still refuses to generate the dump. I have: Added the CoreDumpDirectory directive into the httpd.conf file and set…
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How to install Oracle's exp / imp binaries

I was browsing the net to find a solution, but I had no luck. :( How can I install Oracle's imp / exp binaries to my CentOS box without installing an Oracle Server? I'm accessing an existing Oracle database on another machine, so I only need a…
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Get a core dump of/debugging a process killed by oom-killer

Is there any way to get a core dump of, or be able to debug a process that has been killed by oom-killer? Or even set oom-killer to try to kill a process using ABRT instead?
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How to reliably take Java Heap Dumps?

My team is running into difficulties when trying to take good heap dumps triggered by OutOfMemoryErrors. For specific reasons we are currently taking the dumps with jmap called from a bash script instead of using the HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError flag.…
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How do you force Windows to keep memory dumps?

I'm trying to debug a sporadic problem with some Dell tablets out in the field that crash intermittently. Looking at the Event Viewer logs, it seems that Windows automatically creates a memory dump file after the crash. But Windows also…
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How to import a dump in Postgres from a newer version?

We have a postgres-databse under windows, that is version 9.1. From that we want to dump the data and import under a Linux-server, that runs Postgres 8.4. The data include spatial data with Postgis. The problem is, that the dump doesn't import, as…
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No coredumps for daemons started at boot by init.d on Ubuntu

How can I get daemons started by init.d at boot to coredump on Ubuntu? This is what I have done so far... echo "ulimit -c unlimited" >> /etc/profile mkdir /corefiles/ chmod 777 /corefiles/ echo "kernel.core_pattern=/corefiles/core.%e.%u.%t" >>…
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PHP-FPM and continuos "exited on signal 11"

I've a Hp web server with Xeon E5504 2ghz and 8gb ram, with freebsd 8.2-p9 amd64, nginx 1.2.1, PHP 5.3.14, mysql 5.5.25, apc, memcached and other package installed using freebsd ports. (conf file at the end of that message) My trouble are simple,…
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How do I dump view schemas for a MySQL database?

I have a MySQL database for which I wish to dump schemas for views. How do I do this? I tried mysqldump with --no-data, but that only dumps table schemas.
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debugging stuck apache/php thread on production server

I have a linux system with apache httpd and PHP which is loaded using LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so. I've enabled the mod_status module of apache and I see a particular thread which is stuck doing something since…
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PowerShell: export GPO to a text file

I'm new to Windows Server, and I'm curious: is there any way to dump group security settings to a text file, using PowerShell or batch files? Thank you!
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Subversion - svnadmin dump remote url

I have Subversion repository that contains multiple projects, and now I'm trying to separate each project into it's own repository. system: # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.11 (Tikanga) # rpm -q…
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