DTrace Fundamentals and Troubleshooting DTrace Problems (WS-3270-S10)

Course Length

1 hour

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Course Features and Services

• Synchronized audio provided by an expert instructor

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Who Can Benefit

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Prerequisites

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Skills Gained

• Use DTrace to find the source of intermittent problems
• Use DTrace to look at the cause of performance problems
• Use DTrace to help debug applications
• Find system problems with DTrace
• Troubleshoot DTrace script problems

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Course Content

Module 1 - DTrace Fundamentals

• Describe the features of DTrace
• Describe the DTrace architecture

Module 2 - Using DTrace

• Examining performance problems using DTrace
• Use DTrace to obtain information about system calls
• Create D Scripts that Use Arguments

Module 3 - Debug Applications with DTrace

• Use DTrace to profile an application
• Use DTrace to access application variables
• Use DTrace to find transient system call errors
• Use DTrace to determine the names of files being opened

Module 4 - Finding System Problems with DTrace

• Use DTrace to access kernel variables
• Use DTrace to obtain information about read calls
• Use DTrace to do anonymous tracing
• Use DTrace to do speculative tracing
• Explain the privileges necessary to run DTrace operations

Module 5 - Troubleshooting DTrace Problems

• Describe how to lessen the performance impact of DTrace
• Describe how to use and tune DTrace buffers
• Debug DTrace scripts

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