Express (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Troubleshoot and support > Analyzing application server Java system dumps with the IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Dump Analyzer Tool > Dump Analyzer overview
Usage scenario for the Dump Analyzer Tool
- Sysadmin determines that something is awry so he opens the Dump Analysis tool to investigate.
- Sysadmin uses the IBM Support Assistant (ISA) to trigger and collect a system dump from the target system.
- Sysadmin calls a analyst to help examine this dump (or changes hats and becomes the analyst).
- Analyst uses Dump Analyzer tool in ISA to perform a health check against the dump.
- Analyst uses Dump Analyzer tool in ISA to run a drill-down specialized report.
- Analyst opens a PMR and sends the system dump along with a description of the problem with this PMR and output from the Dump Analyzer to IBM support.