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HP OpenVMS System Analysis Tools Manual
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Contents (summary)
Preface Preface
Chapter 1 Overview of System Analysis Tools
Part 1 OpenVMS System Dump Analyzer (SDA)
Chapter 2 SDA Description
Chapter 3 ANALYZE Usage
Chapter 4 SDA Commands
Chapter 5 SDA CLUE Extension
Chapter 6 SDA FLT Extension
Chapter 7 SDA OCLA Extension (Alpha Only)
Chapter 8 SDA SPL Extension
Chapter 9 SDA XFC Extension
Chapter 10 SDA Extensions and Callable Routines
Part 2 OpenVMS System Code Debugger and System Dump Debugger
Chapter 11 OpenVMS System Code Debugger
Chapter 12 OpenVMS System Dump Debugger
Part 3 OpenVMS Alpha Watchpoint Utility
Chapter 13 Watchpoint Utility (Alpha Only)
Part 4 OpenVMS System Service Logging Utility
Chapter 14 System Service Logging
  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 (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

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