HP OpenVMS System Analysis Tools Manual

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Overview of System Analysis Tools
1.1	System Dump Analyzer (SDA)
1.2	System Code Debugger (SCD)
1.3	System Dump Debugger (SDD)
1.4	Watchpoint Utility (Alpha Only)
1.5	System Service Logging
1.6	Delta/XDelta Debugger
1.7	Dump-Off-System-Disk (DOSD)
1.8	On-Chip Logic Analyzer (OCLA)
Part 1
Part 1	OpenVMS System Dump Analyzer (SDA)
Chapter 2
2	SDA Description
2.1	Capabilities of SDA
2.2	System Management and SDA
2.2.1	Writing System Dumps
2.2.1.1	Dump File Style
2.2.1.2	Comparison of Full and Selective Dumps
2.2.1.3	Controlling the Size of Page Files and Dump Files
2.2.1.4	Writing to the System Dump File
2.2.1.5	Writing to a Dump File off the System Disk
2.2.1.6	Writing to the System Page File
2.2.2	Saving System Dumps
2.2.3	Partial Dump Copies
2.2.3.1	Example - Use of Partial Dump Copies
2.2.3.2	Additional notes on Partial Dump Copies
2.2.4	Invoking SDA When Rebooting the System
2.3	Analyzing a System Dump
2.3.1	Requirements
2.3.2	Invoking SDA
2.3.3	Mapping the Contents of the Dump File
2.3.4	Building the SDA Symbol Table
2.3.5	Executing the SDA Initialization File (SDA$INIT)
2.4	Analyzing a Running System
2.5	SDA Context
2.6	SDA Command Format
2.6.1	Using Expressions and Operators
2.6.1.1	Radix Operators
2.6.1.2	Arithmetic and Logical Operators
2.6.1.3	Precedence Operators
2.6.1.4	SDA Symbols
2.6.2	SDA Display Mode
2.7	Investigating System Failures
2.7.1	Procedure for Analyzing System Failures
2.7.2	Fatal Bugcheck Conditions
2.7.2.1	Alpha Mechanism Array
2.7.2.2	Integrity server Mechanism Array
2.7.2.3	Signal Array
2.7.2.4	64-Bit Signal Array
2.7.2.5	Alpha Exception Stack Frame
2.7.2.6	Integrity server Exception Stack Frame
2.7.2.7	SSRVEXCEPT Example
2.7.2.8	Illegal Page Faults
2.8	Page Protections and Access Rights
2.9	Inducing a System Failure
2.9.1	Meeting Crash Dump Requirements
2.9.2	Procedure for Causing a System Failure
Chapter 3
3	ANALYZE Usage
Command 1	ANALYZE
Command 2	/COLLECTION
Command 3	/CRASH_DUMP
Command 4	/LOG
Command 5	/OVERRIDE
Command 6	/RELEASE
Command 7	/SHADOW_MEMBER
Command 8	/SSLOG
Command 9	/SYMBOL
Command 10	/SYSTEM
Chapter 4
4	SDA Commands
Command 11	@(Execute Command)
Command 12	ATTACH
Command 13	COLLECT
Command 14	COPY
Command 15	DEFINE
Command 16	DEFINE/KEY
Command 17	DUMP
Command 18	EVALUATE
Command 19	EXAMINE
Command 20	EXIT
Command 21	FORMAT
Command 22	HELP
Command 23	MAP
Command 24	MODIFY DUMP
Command 25	READ
Command 26	REPEAT
Command 27	SEARCH
Command 28	SET CPU
Command 29	SET ERASE_SCREEN
Command 30	SET FETCH
Command 31	SET LOG
Command 32	SET OUTPUT
Command 33	SET PROCESS
Command 34	SET RMS
Command 35	SET SIGN_EXTEND
Command 36	SET SYMBOLIZE
Command 37	SHOW ACPI (Integrity servers only)
Command 38	SHOW ADDRESS
Command 39	SHOW BUGCHECK
Command 40	SHOW CALL_FRAME
Command 41	SHOW CBB
Command 42	SHOW CEB
Command 43	SHOW CLASS
Command 44	SHOW CLUSTER
Command 45	SHOW CONNECTIONS
Command 46	SHOW CPU
Command 47	SHOW CRASH
Command 48	SHOW DEVICE
Command 49	SHOW DUMP
Command 50	SHOW EFI (Integrity servers Only)
Command 51	SHOW EXCEPTION_FRAME
Command 52	SHOW EXECUTIVE
Command 53	SHOW GALAXY
Command 54	SHOW GCT
Command 55	SHOW GLOBAL_SECTION_TABLE
Command 56	SHOW GLOCK
Command 57	SHOW GMDB
Command 58	SHOW GSD
Command 59	SHOW GST
Command 60	SHOW HEADER
Command 61	SHOW IMAGE
Command 62	SHOW KFE
Command 63	SHOW KNOWN_FILE_ENTRY
Command 64	SHOW LAN
Command 65	SHOW LOCKS
Command 66	SHOW MACHINE_CHECK
Command 67	SHOW MEMORY
Command 68	SHOW PAGE_TABLE
Command 69	SHOW PARAMETER
Command 70	SHOW PFN_DATA
Command 71	SHOW POOL
Command 72	SHOW PORTS
Command 73	SHOW PROCESS
Command 74	SHOW RAD
Command 75	SHOW RESOURCES
Command 76	SHOW RMD
Command 77	SHOW RMS
Command 78	SHOW RSPID
Command 79	SHOW SHM_CPP
Command 80	SHOW SHM_REG
Command 81	SHOW SPINLOCKS
Command 82	SHOW STACK
Command 83	SHOW SUMMARY
Command 84	SHOW SWIS (Integrity servers Only)
Command 85	SHOW SYMBOL
Command 86	SHOW TQE
Command 87	SHOW TQEIDX
Command 88	SHOW UNWIND (Integrity servers Only)
Command 89	SHOW VHPT (Integrity servers Only)
Command 90	SHOW WORKING_SET_LIST
Command 91	SHOW WSL
Command 92	SPAWN
Command 93	UNDEFINE
Command 94	VALIDATE PFN_LIST
Command 95	VALIDATE POOL
Command 96	VALIDATE PROCESS
Command 97	VALIDATE QUEUE
Command 98	VALIDATE SHM_CPP
Command 99	VALIDATE TQEIDX
Command 100	WAIT