Using Shared Memory Dumps

You can configure SAP ASE to dump shared memory to files when specific conditions occur (for example, segmentation faults).

The shared memory dump file provides a snapshot of the server at the time the specified condition occurred, eliminating the difficulty of using a debugger or specialized instrumented code to trap an error at the moment it occurs. Technical support engineers can use this dump file to diagnose the cause of the shared memory dump, and determine how to configure Adaptiver Server to avoid the problem in the future.

• Configuring Shared Memory Dump Conditions
  Use sp_shmdumpconfig to define or modify the shared memory dump conditions and system-wide attributes of those conditions.
• System-Wide Default Settings
  Each dump condition can inherit attributes from the system-wide default settings. Specifying an attribute value for a condition overrides the system-wide defaults. To update the system-wide default settings, use the sp_shmdumpconfig stored procedure with a type value of defaults.