When an ECS instance crashes due to a kernel panic or an Out of Memory (OOM) event, or when you receive a system notification of an OS crash, use Crash Diagnosis to analyze the root cause. The report provides recommendations to fix the issue.
Limitations
Region limitations
This feature is currently available only in the Chinese mainland and China (Hong Kong).
Operating system limitations
Architecture
Operating system
x86 architecture
Rocky Linux 9.5
Rocky Linux 9.1
Ubuntu 20.04
Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 Container-Optimized
Rocky Linux 8.8
Ubuntu 22.04
Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 Pro
Alibaba Cloud Linux 2/3
CentOS 7.6 or later, or CentOS 8
Anolis OS 7/8
Ubuntu 24.04
ARM architecture
Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 Pro
Alibaba Cloud Linux 3
Prerequisites
If you are a RAM user, ensure that your root account has attached the
AliyunECSReadOnlyAccessandAliyunSysomFullAccesssystem policies to the RAM user.Enable the O&M Service console.
The first time you log on to the O&M Service console, click Enable Service.
Procedure
Go to the O&M Service console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click System Diagnosis.
In the upper-left corner of the page, select the region of the target instance.

Select Scenario Diagnosis from the Diagnosis Type list and Crash Diagnosis from the Diagnostic Item list. Then, select the target instance ID and click Run Diagnosis.
NoteIf SysOM is not installed on the target ECS instance, clicking Run Diagnosis automatically installs it. The diagnosis then starts immediately.
In the Diagnostic Records section, click View Report.

Diagnostic report
Basic information
This section provides basic information about the diagnosis, including the instance ID, diagnostic item, diagnostic report ID, and the diagnosis start time.
Diagnostic conclusion
If a system crash occurred, this section summarizes the findings and provides a detailed cause of the crash.
Diagnostic suggestions
This section provides recommended actions based on the diagnostic findings.
Diagnostic details
Basic information
Crash title: The error message at the time of the crash.
Running process: The process running on the CPU during the crash.
RIP function: The function address stored in the RIP register during the crash.
Kernel version: The OS kernel version.
Crash demarcation: A preliminary classification of the crash cause.
Crash stack
This section lists the kernel call stack at the time of the crash.
Error logs
If kernel error logs exist, such as I/O or hardware exceptions, this section displays them.
If no logs exist, this section is omitted.