Commands to find the system calls and signals invoked by a process:
| AIX |
truss -afp process_name |
| HP-UX |
tusc -afp process_name |
| Linux |
strace -fp process_name |
| Solaris |
truss -afmp process_name |
Logs are maintained at the following locations:
| AIX |
/var/adm/messages |
| HP-UX |
/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log |
| Linux |
/var/log/messages |
| Solaris |
/var/adm/messages |
To manually generate a crash dump:
NOTE: Commands are followed by the paths where the crash dump is generated.
| AIX |
- Press Yellow
- Path: /var/adm/ras
|
| HP-UX |
- Press TOC
- Path: /var/adm/crash
|
| Linux |
- Press ALT+SYS RQ+C
- Path: /var/crash
|
| Solaris |
- At boot time, press STOP+A and then type sync
- Path: /var/crash/<machine-name>/
|
To manually generate the core of a service:
NOTE: For all platforms, in the output of
ulimit - a, set the value of core file size to be unlimited by issuing the command
ulimit -c unlimited.
| AIX |
Named core.PID or core, a file is generated in / or /cwd. |
| HP-UX |
Named core.PID or core, a file is generated in / or /cwd. |
| Linux |
Named core.PID or core, a file is generated in / or /cwd. |
| Solaris |
Named core.PID or core, a file is generated in / or /cwd. |
