Document revision date: 19 July 1999

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Overview of System Analysis Tools
1.1	System Dump Analyzer (SDA)
1.2	System-Code Debugger and System Dump Debug
1.3	Watchpoint Utility
1.4	Delta/XDelta Debugger and Dump Off System Disk (DOSD)
1.4.1	Delta/XDelta Debugger
1.4.2	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	Controlling the Size of Page Files and Dump Files
2.2.1.3	Writing to the System Dump File
2.2.1.4	Writing to the Dump File off the System Disk
2.2.1.5	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	Fatal Exceptions
2.7.2.2	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	EVALUATE
Command 12	EXAMINE
Command 13	EXIT
Command 14	FORMAT
Command 15	HELP
Command 16	MAP
Command 17	MODIFY DUMP
Command 18	READ
Command 19	REPEAT
Command 20	SEARCH
Command 21	SET CPU
Command 22	SET ERASE_SCREEN
Command 23	SET FETCH
Command 24	SET LOG
Command 25	SET OUTPUT
Command 26	SET PROCESS
Command 27	SET RMS
Command 28	SET SIGN_EXTEND
Command 29	SHOW ADDRESS
Command 30	SHOW BUGCHECK
Command 31	SHOW CALL_FRAME
Command 32	SHOW CLUSTER
Command 33	SHOW CONNECTIONS
Command 34	SHOW CPU
Command 35	SHOW CRASH
Command 36	SHOW DEVICE
Command 37	SHOW DUMP
Command 38	SHOW EXECUTIVE
Command 39	SHOW GLOBAL_SECTION_TABLE
Command 40	SHOW GSD
Command 41	SHOW HEADER
Command 42	SHOW LAN
Command 43	SHOW LOCK
Command 44	SHOW MACHINE_CHECK
Command 45	SHOW PAGE_TABLE
Command 46	SHOW PARAMETER
Command 47	SHOW PFN_DATA
Command 48	SHOW POOL
Command 49	SHOW PORTS
Command 50	SHOW PROCESS
Command 51	SHOW RESOURCE
Command 52	SHOW RMD
Command 53	SHOW RMS
Command 54	SHOW RSPID
Command 55	SHOW SPINLOCKS
Command 56	SHOW STACK
Command 57	SHOW SUMMARY
Command 58	SHOW SYMBOL
Command 59	SHOW WORKING_SET_LIST
Command 60	SPAWN
Command 61	VALIDATE PFN_LIST
Command 62	VALIDATE QUEUE

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