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OpenVMS Alpha System Analysis Tools Manual

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Contents (summary)
Preface Preface
Chapter 1 Overview of System Analysis Tools
Part 1 OpenVMS Alpha System Dump Analyzer (SDA)
Chapter 2 SDA Description
Chapter 3 ANALYZE Usage Summary and Qualifiers
Chapter 4 SDA Commands
Chapter 5 SDA CLUE Extension Commands
Chapter 6 SDA Spinlock Tracing Utility
Chapter 7 SDA Extended File Cache (XFC) Extension Commands
Chapter 8 SDA Extension Routines
Part 2 OpenVMS Alpha System Code Debugger and System Dump Debugger
Chapter 9 The OpenVMS Alpha System Code Debugger
Chapter 10 The OpenVMS Alpha System Dump Debugger
Part 3 OpenVMS Watchpoint Utility
Chapter 11 The Watchpoint Utility
  Index
  Figures
  Examples
  Tables

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
     1.5     Delta/XDelta Debugger
     1.6     Dump Off System Disk (DOSD)
Part 1
Part 1 OpenVMS Alpha 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 the 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         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         General Command Format
         2.6.2         Expressions
             2.6.2.1             Radix Operators
             2.6.2.2             Arithmetic and Logical Operators
             2.6.2.3             Precedence Operators
             2.6.2.4             Symbols
         2.6.3         SDA Display Mode
     2.7     Investigating System Failures
         2.7.1         General Procedure for Analyzing System Failures
         2.7.2         Fatal Bugcheck Conditions
             2.7.2.1             Mechanism Array
             2.7.2.2             Signal Array
             2.7.2.3             64-Bit Signal Array
             2.7.2.4             Exception Stack Frame
             2.7.2.5             SSRVEXCEPT Example
             2.7.2.6             Illegal Page Faults
     2.8     Inducing a System Failure
         2.8.1         Meeting Crash Dump Requirements
         2.8.2         Procedure for Causing a System Failure
Chapter 3
3 ANALYZE Usage Summary and Qualifiers
     3.1     ANALYZE Usage Summary
     3.2     ANALYZE Qualifiers
    Command 1     /CRASH_DUMP
    Command 2     /OVERRIDE
    Command 3     /RELEASE
    Command 4     /SHADOW_MEMBER
    Command 5     /SYMBOL
    Command 6     /SYSTEM
Chapter 4
4 SDA Commands
    Command 7     @(Execute Command)
    Command 8     ATTACH
    Command 9     COPY
    Command 10     DEFINE
    Command 11     DEFINE/KEY
    Command 12     DUMP
    Command 13     EVALUATE
    Command 14     EXAMINE
    Command 15     EXIT
    Command 16     FORMAT
    Command 17     HELP
    Command 18     MAP
    Command 19     MODIFY DUMP
    Command 20     READ
    Command 21     REPEAT
    Command 22     SEARCH
    Command 23     SET CPU
    Command 24     SET ERASE_SCREEN
    Command 25     SET FETCH
    Command 26     SET LOG
    Command 27     SET OUTPUT
    Command 28     SET PROCESS
    Command 29     SET RMS
    Command 30     SET SIGN_EXTEND
    Command 31     SET SYMBOLIZE
    Command 32     SHOW ADDRESS
    Command 33     SHOW BUGCHECK
    Command 34     SHOW CALL_FRAME
    Command 35     SHOW CLUSTER
    Command 36     SHOW CONNECTIONS
    Command 37     SHOW CPU
    Command 38     SHOW CRASH
    Command 39     SHOW DEVICE
    Command 40     SHOW DUMP
    Command 41     SHOW EXECUTIVE
    Command 42     SHOW GALAXY
    Command 43     SHOW GCT
    Command 44     SHOW GLOBAL_SECTION_TABLE, SHOW GST
    Command 45     SHOW GLOCK
    Command 46     SHOW GMDB
    Command 47     SHOW GSD
    Command 48     SHOW HEADER
    Command 49     SHOW LAN
    Command 50     SHOW LOCKS
    Command 51     SHOW MACHINE_CHECK
    Command 52     SHOW MEMORY
    Command 53     SHOW PAGE_TABLE
    Command 54     SHOW PARAMETER
    Command 55     SHOW PFN_DATA
    Command 56     SHOW POOL
    Command 57     SHOW PORTS
    Command 58     SHOW PROCESS
    Command 59     SHOW RAD
    Command 60     SHOW RESOURCES
    Command 61     SHOW RMD
    Command 62     SHOW RMS
    Command 63     SHOW RSPID
    Command 64     SHOW SHM_CPP
    Command 65     SHOW SHM_REG
    Command 66     SHOW SPINLOCKS
    Command 67     SHOW STACK
    Command 68     SHOW SUMMARY
    Command 69     SHOW SYMBOL
    Command 70     SHOW TQE
    Command 71     SHOW WORKING_SET_LIST, SHOW WSL
    Command 72     SPAWN
    Command 73     UNDEFINE
    Command 74     VALIDATE PFN_LIST
    Command 75     VALIDATE QUEUE
    Command 76     VALIDATE SHM_CPP
    Command 77     VALIDATE TQE

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