[Bug 1708409] [NEW] kdump service does not start after configure/reboot

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== Comment: #0 - Harish Sriram <hasriram at in.ibm.com> - 2017-08-02 01:45:01 ==
kdump service does not start after configure/reboot

--Problem Description---
kdump service does not start after configure/reboot. It has to be started/loaded manually, everytime after reboot.

# kdump-config status
current state   : Not ready to kdump


---uname output---
Linux ltc-test-ci2 4.11.0-10-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 29 15:02:54 UTC 2017 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux 
 
Machine Type/Model = Power 8/8247-22L 

----Additional Info-----
# cat /proc/cmdline
root=UUID=974df602-c0e4-4e67-8853-78ad15884c59 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 quiet splash cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M
 
---Steps to Reproduce---
1. installed linux-crashdump
2. edited the kdump-tools.cfg crashkernel cmdline to above
3. update-grub
4. reboot

Expected:
kdump-config to be loaded by default after reboot

# kdump-config status
current state   : Not ready to kdump

# service kdump-tools status
* kdump-tools.service - Kernel crash dump capture service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/kdump-tools.service; enabled; vendor pres
   Active: inactive (dead)

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https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6334

systemd in artful is not properly picking up the unit files in 
/etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants

** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage)
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-157224 severity-high targetmilestone-inin---
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kdump service does not start after configure/reboot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1708409
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