General debugging techniques
A short guide to the diagnostic tools provided by the JVM and the AIX® commands that can be useful when diagnosing problems with the AIX JVM.
In addition to this information, you can obtain AIX
publications from the IBM®
System p and AIX
information on IBM Documentation. Of particular interest are:
- Performance management and tuning
- Programming for AIX
You might also find Developing and Porting C and C++ Applications on AIX (SG24-5674) helpful, available from: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com.
There are several diagnostic tools available with the JVM to help
diagnose problems:
- Starting Javadumps, see Using Javadumps in the J9 VM reference.
- Starting Heapdumps, see Using Heapdumps in the J9 VM reference.
- Starting system dumps, see Dump viewer in the OpenJ9 user documentation.
AIX provides various commands and tools that can be useful in diagnosing problems.