Enabling ReplayEngine at Program Load

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

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.