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Debug for z/OS

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Integrated Debugger should support both notations DBM%USERID and DBM.USERID

The problem with the terminated communication had to do with Integrated Debuggernot supporting or recognizing DBM.USERID. Because it didn't honor the userid, it defaulted to using the IMS region userid which, hence, caused the failure
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Option to ignore future CRRDG7800W messages

Debug sessions need not be secured and msg "CRRDG7800W debug session not secured" is displayed upon every invocation of a debug session. This is a minor annoyance to developers and also causes CICS transactions to wait on TCPIP indefinitely if the...
about 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Hovering Over Array Variables During a Remote Debug Session Returns the Subscripted Value

While using the Remote Debugger, the hover feature should display the value of the array element referenced by the subscript variable. For example, an array called DATA-CHAR consists of five elements containing the following values in order 'A', '...
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

RDz Debug Engine Command should support all commands supported by ISPF DT

I use Debug Tool as well as RDz Debug. The same commands available to a DT session should work via the Debug Console->Debug Engines Command field. My CMDS file has:AT ENTRY *; This allows me to step through subroutines easily.In DT, I can issue...
almost 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Planned for future release

setting default presentation of varaibles in monitor

there is no support in the debug engine for the remote debug session as you see it in MFI - there is no code to set the default presentation . You can use the memory view but thats the same as changing the presentation for each variable.
over 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Take Vector Registers into account in the Debug Tool's "Registers"-View

I am missing the possibility to view the vector registers when debugging an assembler program in batch using Debug Tool. The "Registers"-View from the "Debug"-Category should make the vector registers available for display and changes in their ful...
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Debug Configuration does not pick up JCL Termination (//)

If you create a debug configuration using "z/OS Batch Application using exsisting JCL"and the JCL includes a line with only // this line is ignored and you get all the steps after the JCL terminating line in the Steplist. This is not only true for...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Is a defect

Dynamic invocation of Fault Analyzer from IDZ Debug

The users would expect Fault Analyzer to be invoked dynamically when debugging under IDZ Debug and an Abend occurs. It would be an expected continuation of the Debug process.
over 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

possibility to add a CEEOPTS prefix

Customer needs to debug a pgm and needs to have CEEOPTS prefixed(like //DB2PREFIX.CEEOPTS DD *) For the JCL generation, he right clicked the source pgm, then askedprobably generate the JCL "For compile link debug". The generation added //CEEOPTS D...
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Provide monitor, list, and update capabilities for z13 vector registers

Provide capabilities to work with vector registers, using commands and features similar to the way that floating point registers can be accessed. 1) For commands that currently support floating point registers by using the %EPR variable, add suppo...
almost 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

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