Document revision date: 30 March 2001

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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