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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 Extension Routines
Part 2 OpenVMS Alpha System Code Debugger & System Dump Debugger
Chapter 8 The OpenVMS Alpha System Code Debugger
Chapter 9 The OpenVMS Alpha System Dump Debugger
Part 3 OpenVMS Watchpoint Utility
Chapter 10 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
     2.7     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     /SYMBOL
    Command 5     /SYSTEM
Chapter 4
4 SDA Commands
    Command 6     @(Execute Command)
    Command 7     ATTACH
    Command 8     COPY
    Command 9     DEFINE
    Command 10     DEFINE/KEY
    Command 11     DUMP
    Command 12     EVALUATE
    Command 13     EXAMINE
    Command 14     EXIT
    Command 15     FORMAT
    Command 16     HELP
    Command 17     MAP
    Command 18     MODIFY DUMP
    Command 19     READ
    Command 20     REPEAT
    Command 21     SEARCH
    Command 22     SET CPU
    Command 23     SET ERASE_SCREEN
    Command 24     SET FETCH
    Command 25     SET LOG
    Command 26     SET OUTPUT
    Command 27     SET PROCESS
    Command 28     SET RMS
    Command 29     SET SIGN_EXTEND
    Command 30     SET SYMBOLIZE
    Command 31     SHOW ADDRESS
    Command 32     SHOW BUGCHECK
    Command 33     SHOW CALL_FRAME
    Command 34     SHOW CLUSTER
    Command 35     SHOW CONNECTIONS
    Command 36     SHOW CPU
    Command 37     SHOW CRASH
    Command 38     SHOW DEVICE
    Command 39     SHOW DUMP
    Command 40     SHOW EXECUTIVE
    Command 41     SHOW GALAXY
    Command 42     SHOW GCT
    Command 43     SHOW GLOBAL_SECTION_TABLE, SHOW GST
    Command 44     SHOW GLOCK
    Command 45     SHOW GMDB
    Command 46     SHOW GSD
    Command 47     SHOW HEADER
    Command 48     SHOW LAN
    Command 49     SHOW LOCKS
    Command 50     SHOW MACHINE_CHECK
    Command 51     SHOW MEMORY
    Command 52     SHOW PAGE_TABLE
    Command 53     SHOW PARAMETER
    Command 54     SHOW PFN_DATA
    Command 55     SHOW POOL
    Command 56     SHOW PORTS
    Command 57     SHOW PROCESS
    Command 58     SHOW RAD
    Command 59     SHOW RESOURCES
    Command 60     SHOW RMD
    Command 61     SHOW RMS
    Command 62     SHOW RSPID
    Command 63     SHOW SHM_CPP
    Command 64     SHOW SHM_REG
    Command 65     SHOW SPINLOCKS
    Command 66     SHOW STACK
    Command 67     SHOW SUMMARY
    Command 68     SHOW SYMBOL
    Command 69     SHOW TQE
    Command 70     SHOW WORKING_SET_LIST, SHOW WSL
    Command 71     SPAWN
    Command 72     UNDEFINE
    Command 73     VALIDATE PFN_LIST
    Command 74     VALIDATE QUEUE
    Command 75     VALIDATE SHM_CPP

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