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Debug for z/OS

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Confusing IKJ56228I for EQAUOPTS in Debugger's EQAPROF

In this shop we see thousands of repetitive messages like these in the EQAPROF joblog: IKJ56228I DATA SET DYD.EQAU.xxxxxxxx.EQAUOPTS NOT IN CATALOG OR CATALOG CAN NOT BE ACCESSEDIKJ56247I FILE SYS00022 NOT UNALLOCATED, IS NOT ALLOCATEDJVMJZTK2999W...
6 days ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered
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Debug Tool marks real-time debugging code coverage

Is there a possibility that the debug tool in the "real time" will be show which lines have been executed or not?
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Support to JCECCARACFKS certificates on EQAPROF

In case TS012216270 we are told that the EQAPROF does not support RACF certificates with the key in PKDS (JCECCARACFKS) only JCERACFKS. I think it would be a good idea to add that support since we have customers who use a single SITE type certific...
about 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

Add support for debugging with LangX in Cobol 6

A Cobol program compiled with the Cobol 4 compiler using the option NOTEST can be debugged using the LangX genedated from the listings. It would be very useful to enable this feature for Cobol 6 programs too.
over 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Get "Run as/Debug as" working in local projects.

Following a modern DevOps approach to software development, developers will not write code remotely anymore. The source code of projects, including Cobol, JCL, etc. will be located at git repositories. Then, developers will work with a local copy ...
about 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

WCA4Z and zOpenDebug plugins do not work well together

If they are both installed in VScode when you create debug profile the WCA4Z registion screen startup getting the focus . Everytime an action in the debug profile view is done. This is very anoying
5 months ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Make Debug Manager SYSPLEX aware

Hi IBM, We'd like to see the DBGMGR (and EQAPROF) sysplex-aware, especially for CICS debugging (but also batch). When the debug manager was started on all LPARS in SYSPLEX (relevant for the CICS plex) - all RSEDs will know about all of them when a...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Enable TEST(SEPARATE) support for z/OS Debugger Code Coverage code

Enable support for TEST(SEPARATE) in the z/OS Debugger Version 14 R1M6 Code Coverage code for Enterprise COBOL z/OS Version 6.2 applications.
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

Provide own userid per default on creating a new CICS debugger profile

Hello IBM, when you create a new CICS Debugger Profile in IDz / Remote Debugger, the userid field as one of multiple possible filters should be prefilled with the current connected userid per default. That's pretty important to prevent users fro...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Code Coverage support for Assembler Program in 3270

Request to support Code Coverage for Assembler programs in 3270 environment (customer does not use IDz or any client in this specific usage)
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

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