Invokes the System Dump Analyzer (SDA) from within the OpenVMS debugger without terminating a debugger session. Format SDA [sda-command]
1 – Parameters
sda-command One SDA command to be executed before returning control to the OpenVMS debugger.
2 – Description
The SDA command allows you to use the System Dump Analyzer (SDA) within the debugger for the following tasks: o System code debugging with the System Code Debugger (SCD) (Alpha and Integrity servers only) o System dump analysis with the System Dump Debugger (SDD) (Alpha and Integrity servers only) o Process dump analysis with the System Dump Analyzer (SDA) (Alpha and Integrity servers only) This gives you access to all SDA commands within the debugging session. When you exit SDA, you return to the same debugging session. Note that you do not have access to debugger commands within the SDA session. NOTE The SDA command is not available when debugging user-mode programs. Related commands ANALYZE/CRASH_DUMP ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP CONNECT %NODE
3 – Example
DBG> SDA OpenVMS (TM) Alpha process dump analyzer SDA> .. . . SDA> EXIT DBG> This example opens an SDA session within the OpenVMS debugger, performs some analysis, closes the SDA session and returns control to the debugger. DBG> SDA SHOW PROCESS . . DBG> This example show the execution of a single SDA command from within the debugger, followed by a return of control to the debugger.