NextGen TotalView for HPC User Guide : PART II Debugging Tools and Tasks : Chapter 10 ReplayEngine : Using ReplayEngine : Enabling and Disabling ReplayEngine : Enabling ReplayEngine at Program Load
Enabling ReplayEngine at Program Load
To enable ReplayEngine when loading a program into NextGen TotalView for HPC, select the checkbox Enable reverse debugging with Replay Engine in either the Debug a Program or Attach to Process dialogs available on the Start Page.
Figure 82 – Enabling ReplayEngine from the Start Page
 
 
For a program already under TotalView control, you can use the Command Line view to enter the dattach command with the -replay option.
dattach -replay program-path
For a new program, ReplayEngine begins recording instructions as soon as you begin executing the program. For a running process to which you have attached, ReplayEngine starts recording the next time you restart the process.