Monday 5 November 2012

Simulate Server Crash


During some RAC 11.2  testing, I wanted to simulate a server crash, but ensure that the server rebooted afterwards.

The following does just that - you execute it as root:
#echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
#echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger

Obviously, Be CarefulTM with this.