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Debug for z/OS

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No explicit CLEAR LOAD after stepping in DebugTool

Module, loaded with SET QUALIFY LOAD, disappears after F5 . I set a breakpoint in a module which has to be loaded first. So I made a SET QUALIFY LOAD SECI002 and a LDD SECI002 Now I see the module in the Modules View. After pressing F5, the module...
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Multiple user-exit for IBM Debugger when multiple debugger versions/OS exists on zos

Every time a new zos release is installed on the mainframe a new user exit has to be linked.The same is if there exists multiple releases of the debugger in zos.We have different zos-releases in different lpars and also testing new releases of the...
over 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Certain values to be forbidden to set in determined fields in DTCN

When the debugger users invoke DTCN they supply determined values in the fields. IBM Debug tool allow us to force to place values in determined fields with the EQAOPTS, but the customer would like a plus for forcing so that some values cannot be i...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Debug Tool should support SET LIST BY SUBSCRIPT ON for PLI also in GUI's

As of today, SET LIST BY SUBSCRIPT ON for PLI is not supported in any GUI.
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Avoid stopping at entry of a CICS program which is added in DTCN

We have applications in CICS which are implemented as short running transactions and the main program which is added in DTCN is called very often during a process. In this case it is not very comfortable to have a entry-breakpoint which you can't ...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

IBM z/OS Debugger - How to know which register is allocated to variable

Customer is using Assembler language.To debug this Assembler, they are using "IBM z/OS Debugger" under 3270 interface. As a nature of Assembler, variable is often allocated to a certain Register.Hence, while turning on Monitoring the variable, cus...
almost 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

RDz should have a way to define a STEP and GO command out of the command line or as part of the user Command File.

As of today, in RDz some Debug Tool commands like STEP and GO cannot be defined in a Debug Tool Commands File. This is needed to avoid repetitive manual entering commands
almost 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Would like to have PLTSD pgm to shutdown Debug at CICS termination

We would like to have PLTSD pgm to shutdown Debug at CICS termination.
almost 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Improve "Delay Debug Mode"

To debug subtasks within an STC, we use the "delay debug mode". We found that it is very inflexible due to the way it was implemented:- a special EQAOPTS module has to be created- this module must be placed in a dataset which then has to be concat...
about 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

In Debug Tool provide a method in the 3270 and GUI to display control blocks from CICS, IMS, and DB2.

Currently if a control block variable is defined in application code, those can be displayed via a LIST or MONITOR command. However if the application code does not contain the definition you are unable to review those control blocks.
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

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