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System Dump Analyzer
SDA Commands
Table SDA–11 briefly describes the SDA commands that are explained fully in the
following section.
Table SDA–11 Descriptions of SDA Commands
Command Description
@ (Execute
Procedure)
Causes SDA to execute SDA commands contained in a file
ATTACH Switches control of your terminal from your current process
to another process in your job
COPY Copies the contents of the dump file to another file
DEFINE Assigns a value to a symbol or associates an SDA command
with a terminal key
EVALUATE Computes and displays the value of the specified expression
in both hexadecimal and decimal
EXAMINE Displays either the contents of a location or range of locations
in physical memory, or the contents of a register
EXIT Exits from an SDA display or exits from the SDA utility
FORMAT Displays a formatted list of the contents of a block of memory
HELP Displays information about the SDA utility, its operation,
and the format of its commands
READ Loads the global symbols contained in the specified object
module into the SDA symbol table
REPEAT Repeats execution of the last command issued
SEARCH Scans a range of memory locations for all occurrences of a
specified value
SET CPU Selects a processor to become the SDA current CPU
SET LOG Initiates or discontinues the recording of an SDA session in a
text file
SET OUTPUT Redirects output from SDA to the specified file or device
SET PROCESS Selects a process to become the SDA current process
SET RMS Changes the options shown by the SHOW PROCESS/RMS
command
SHOW CALL_
FRAME
Displays the locations and contents of the longwords
representing a procedure call frame
SHOW
CLUSTER
Displays connection manager and system communications
services (SCS) information for all nodes in a cluster
SHOW
CONNECTIONS
Displays information about all active connections between
SCS processes or a single connection
SHOW CPU Displays information about the state of a processor at the
time of the system failure
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