HP OpenVMS systems documentation

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	Alpha System Dump Debugger (SDD)
1.4	Alpha Watchpoint Utility
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	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	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	I64 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	I64 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
3.1	ANALYZE Qualifiers
Command 1	ANALYZE
Command 2	/CRASH_DUMP
Command 3	/OVERRIDE
Command 4	/RELEASE
Command 5	/SHADOW_MEMBER
Command 6	/SSLOG
Command 7	/SYMBOL
Command 8	/SYSTEM
Chapter 4
4	SDA Commands
Command 9	@(Execute Command)
Command 10	ATTACH
Command 11	COPY
Command 12	DEFINE
Command 13	DEFINE/KEY
Command 14	DUMP
Command 15	EVALUATE
Command 16	EXAMINE
Command 17	EXIT
Command 18	FORMAT
Command 19	HELP
Command 20	MAP
Command 21	MODIFY DUMP
Command 22	READ
Command 23	REPEAT
Command 24	SEARCH
Command 25	SET CPU
Command 26	SET ERASE_SCREEN
Command 27	SET FETCH
Command 28	SET LOG
Command 29	SET OUTPUT
Command 30	SET PROCESS
Command 31	SET RMS
Command 32	SET SIGN_EXTEND
Command 33	SET SYMBOLIZE
Command 34	SHOW ADDRESS
Command 35	SHOW BUGCHECK
Command 36	SHOW CALL_FRAME
Command 37	SHOW CBB
Command 38	SHOW CEB
Command 39	SHOW CLUSTER
Command 40	SHOW CONNECTIONS
Command 41	SHOW CPU
Command 42	SHOW CRASH
Command 43	SHOW DEVICE
Command 44	SHOW DUMP
Command 45	SHOW EXCEPTION_FRAME
Command 46	SHOW EXECUTIVE
Command 47	SHOW GALAXY
Command 48	SHOW GCT
Command 49	SHOW GLOBAL_SECTION_TABLE
Command 50	SHOW GLOCK
Command 51	SHOW GMDB
Command 52	SHOW GSD
Command 53	SHOW GST
Command 54	SHOW HEADER
Command 55	SHOW IMAGE
Command 56	SHOW KFE
Command 57	SHOW LAN
Command 58	SHOW LOCKS
Command 59	SHOW MACHINE_CHECK
Command 60	SHOW MEMORY
Command 61	SHOW PAGE_TABLE
Command 62	SHOW PARAMETER
Command 63	SHOW PFN_DATA
Command 64	SHOW POOL
Command 65	SHOW PORTS
Command 66	SHOW PROCESS
Command 67	SHOW RAD
Command 68	SHOW RESOURCES
Command 69	SHOW RMD
Command 70	SHOW RMS
Command 71	SHOW RSPID
Command 72	SHOW SHM_CPP
Command 73	SHOW SHM_REG
Command 74	SHOW SPINLOCKS
Command 75	SHOW STACK
Command 76	SHOW SUMMARY
Command 77	SHOW SWIS
Command 78	SHOW SYMBOL
Command 79	SHOW TQE
Command 80	SHOW TQEIDX
Command 81	SHOW UNWIND
Command 82	SHOW WORKING_SET_LIST
Command 83	SHOW WSL
Command 84	SPAWN
Command 85	UNDEFINE
Command 86	VALIDATE PFN_LIST
Command 87	VALIDATE QUEUE
Command 88	VALIDATE SHM_CPP
Command 89	VALIDATE TQEIDX
Command 90	WAIT