Ex Post Facto OpenVMS DEBUG

0300 Local Time. The text or call arrives that there is a production anomaly. A production image has either failed or is non-responsive. Restarting the image is crude bludgeon; without analysis the actual problem may lie elsewhere. In that case, restartig the process may not resolve the issue.

While many associate OpenVMS DEBUG with development and maintenance, OpenVMS DEBUG in the context of ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP, together with SET PROCESS/DUMP=NOW/ID=xx allows detailed examination and analysis of presently executing process state, often without interfering with the running image. Stopping the process is unnecessary.

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