Display the Messages Log File After A Crash Occurs

Action

You might see the following in the /var/log/messages file after the router comes back up after a kernel crash occurred. To view the messages log file, use the following CLI command:

user@host> show log messages

Sample Output

user@host> show log messages

Mar  9 12:22:02 host savecore: Router crashed.....

Mar  9 12:22:02 host savecore: reboot after panic: Loss of soft watchdog Mar  9 
12:22:02 host savecore: system went down at Sun Mar  9 12:22:02 2003 Mar  9 
12:22:02 host savecore: Selective dump will be saved now

What It Means

A kernel crash occurred and a core file has been generated.