Creating or Loading a Session

Creates a process based on the session values. Sessions that attach to an existing process cannot be loaded this way; use the -pid command line option instead

CLI: totalviewcli dsession -load session_name

Starts TotalView and loads the executable program.

If you installed TotalView on a Macintosh using the application bundle, you can drag your program’s executable to the TotalView icon on your desktop.

If you type an executable name, TotalView remembers that name and many of its arguments.

CLI: totalviewcli executable

Starts TotalView and loads the executable program and the corefile core file.

CLI: dattach -c corefiles -e executable

The corefiles argument represents one or more core files associated with this executable. You can use wild cards in the core file name.

Starts TotalView and passes all the arguments following the -a option to the executable program. When using the -a option, it must be the last TotalView option on the command line.

CLI: totalviewcli executable -a args

If you don’t use the -a option and you want to add arguments after TotalView loads your program, add them either using either the File > Debug New Program dialog box or use the Process > Startup command.

CLI: dset ARGS_DEFAULT {value}

Starts TotalView on your local host and the tvdsvr command (which implements and controls debugging on remote machines) on a remote host. After TotalView begins executing, it loads the program specified by executable for remote debugging. You can specify a host name or a TCP/IP address. If you need to, you can also enter the TCP/IP port number.

CLI: totalviewcli executable -r hostname_or_address[:port]

If TotalView fails to automatically load a remote executable, you may need to disable autolaunching for this connection and manually start the tvdsvr. (Autolaunching is the process of automatically launching tvdsvr processes.) To disable autolaunching, add the hostname:portnumber suffix to the name entered in the Debug on Host field of the File > Debug New Program dialog box. As always, the portnumber is the TCP/IP port number on which TotalView server is communicating with TotalView. See “Starting the TotalView Server Manually” for more information.

Method 1: In many cases, you can start an MPI program in much the same way as you would start any other program. However, you need to select A New Parallel program from the Start a Debugging Session dialog box, and enter the MPI version and other information on the parallel program to debug.

Method 2: The MPI mpirun command starts the TotalView executable pointed to by the TOTALVIEW environment variable. TotalView then starts your program. This program runs using count processes.

If you have prepared a gnu_debuglink file, TotalView can access this information. For more information, see “Using gnu_debuglink Files” within the Compilers and Platforms chapter of the TotalView Reference Guide.


RELATED TOPICS
Debugging parallel programs such as MPI, PVM, or UPC, including invoking TotalView on mpirun	Chapter 20, “Setting Up Parallel Debugging Sessions,”
Remote debugging	Chapter 18, “Setting Up Remote Debugging Sessions,” , and “TotalView Debugger Server (tvdsvr) Command Syntax” in the TotalView Reference Guide.
The totalview command	“TotalView Command Syntax” in the TotalView Reference Guide