/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb ANALYZE, /CRASH_DUMP, /SYMBOL, Description  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    On Alpha systems, the /SYMBOL qualifier allows you to specify a
    system symbol table other than SDA$READ_DIR:SYS$BASE_IMAGE.EXE to
    load into the SDA symbol table.  You can use the /SYMBOL qualifier
    whether you are analyzing a system dump or a running system.

    On Alpha systems, the /SYMBOL qualifier can be used with the
    /CRASH_DUMP and /SYSTEM qualifiers.  It is ignored when
    /OVERRIDE or /RELEASE is specified.

    On VAX systems, the /SYMBOL qualifier allows you to specify a
    system symbol table other than SYS$SYSTEM:SYS.STB to load into
    the SDA symbol table.  This might be necessary, for instance,
    to analyze a crash dump taken on a processor running a different
    version of OpenVMS.

    On VAX systems, you can use the /SYMBOL qualifier whether you are
    analyzing a system dump or a running system.