CDA helps you determine the cause of system crashes by analyzing a memory dump created by the Executive Crash Dump Module. It then formats the information and can create a listing, according to the switches you specify on the command line. The general form of the command line is: [listfile/sw],[binaryfile/sw]=[symbolfile/STB],crash-input[/sw] listfile the human-readable CDA output listing binaryfile a copy of the binary data the crash dump module writes on the crash dump device symbolfile the symbol definition file (RSX11M.STB) for the crashed system crash-input the source of the binary input to CDA; the crash dump device or a binary file created by CDA in a previous analysis See HELP CDA LIST for the list file switches. See HELP CDA BINARY for the binary file switches. See HELP CDA ANALYSIS for the crash-input file switches. Further information may be found in the Crash Dump Analyzer Reference Manual. 2 ANALYSIS The switches for the crash-input file are: /ACT(/ATL) Dumps active task control blocks /ADV Lists information on all devices /ALL Does entire analysis /CLI(/CPB) Lists contents of CLI parser blocks /CLQ Lists contents of the clock queue /CTL Dumps controller info (KRBs, CTBs, etc.) /DEV(/DCB,/SCB,/UCB) Lists information on active devices /DMP:start:stop:vird (/DUMP:start:stop:vird)Dumps physical range with 'vird' address label /HDR Dumps task headers /KDS:start:stop Dumps kernel data space /KIS:start:stop Dumps kernel instruction space /KMR Forces assignment of kernel APRs /PCB(/PAR) Dumps partition information /POOL Dumps primary pool /SECPOL Dumps secondary pool /STD(/TCB,/TAL) Dumps all task control blocks /-SYS Does not dump system information pages /TSK=name:start:stop Dumps task virtual space (/TASK,/TAS) 2 BINARY The switch for the binary file is: /MEMSIZ:n Specifies memory size in K words 2 LIST The switches for the list file are: /EXIT:n Terminates analysis after n analysis errors /LIMIT:n Limits output listing to n pages /LINES:n Limits page length to n lines /-SP Does not spool the list file