Re: dtrace's (Solaris 10) equivalent tool on OpenVMS

From: Dirk Munk (munk_at_home.nl)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:21:43 +0100

Phil wrote:
> "Sarkunarajah S" <ngroup@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1101523237.300729.7560@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
>>hi,
>>Whenever I read a review/or articles on Solaris 10, dtrace never fails
>>to be mentioned as a really cool tool.
>>
>>A question to OpenVMS & Solaris experts out there, is there a similar
>>tool available in OpenVMS ?
>>
>>thanks...sarkunarajah s
>
>
> VMS has SDA (System Dump Analyzer) to examine running systems,
> and PCA (Performance Coverage Analyzer) to identify performance
> issues and bottlenecks. It has had these facilities as part of the operating
> system for many years.(20?)
> Similarly, Sun have made a big thing recently about "containers",
> these are similar to VMS Galaxy partitions, which have only been
> around for about 5 years.
> Sun probably also do host-based volume shadowing, but I bet it has a
> smart name and glossy brochures.
> Phil
>

No, actually it is a standard feature of Solaris, just like raid 0 and raid 5.

>
>

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