How to Use getappcore for SUSE Support

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

Situation

An application is crashing and support is asking for a getappcore for further analysis.

Resolution

If the application is not generating a core file already when crashing review the following applicable TID to get the core file needed by getappcore:

"How to obtain application core dumps"
"How to obtain systemd service core dumps"

The crash should generate a file called 'core' or 'core.<pid>'.
If the core file is compressed please decompress it before using getappcore.

Then run the following:

# getappcore -ur <SR/Case number> -b <path to application executable> <path to core file>

For example, it might look something like this if perl were crashing and the core file was named core in the /tmp directory:

# getappcore -ur 00123456 -b /usr/bin/perl /tmp/core

This command will create the tarball file that the support team needs.

Additional Information

# getappcore -h

Usage: /sbin/getappcore [OPTION] COREFILE

getappcore creates an archive containing an application core, and all files

required to analyze the application core - including the binary which

created the core, and all required shared libraries. Included in the

archive is a logfile containing RPM version information for further

investigation by SUSE.

Required parameter:

COREFILE The application core file, typically found in the working

directory of the application, or /

Optional parameters:

-h This screen

-b [BINARY] Binary which generated [COREFILE]

-r [SR Number] SUSE Service Request number associated with this issue

-u Automatically upload archive to the SUSE FTP server using HTTPS
-f Automatically upload archive to the SUSE FTP server using FTPES

-v Enable verbose messages

For example:

getappcore -ur 00123456 -b /bin/rpm -j 2344
getappcore -ur 00123456 -b /bin/rpm /core.15832

Please note in older versions of getappcore the parameters still show the URL of the old ftp server:
-u Automatically upload archive to ftp.novell.com:/incoming
Update the supportutils package to the latest available version. After the update the option will show:
-u Automatically upload archive to the SUSE FTP server using HTTPS

In case of SLES11 SP4 LTSS don't use the -u parameter and instead upload the archive manually.

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