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

From: John Smith (a_at_nonymous.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:55:13 -0500

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.

One other thing it has vs. VMS....advertising & marketing.....okay then, 2
things.

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