Document revision date: 16 July 2002

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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