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Debug for z/OS

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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...
almost 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 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...
almost 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Is a defect

Debug Transaction to cancel started transaction

Customer needs a debug provided transaction to cancel wild started debug sessions, meaning global dtcn profile existed, transaction gets executed, debug starts on the wrong terminal. Right now, we can only cancel the transaction with CICS provided...
about 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

More granularity with BROWSE mode RACF configuration for LPARs and CICS environments

General Dynamics IT (GDIT) has installed the PD Tools. They have a shared RACF data base between production and development. They want to limit production use of the debugger with BROWSE mode on specific LPARs and CICS regions. Today, this is not ...
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Include execution times for Code Coverage reports

In the Code Coverage result we can see the percentage of execution coverage for each routine, and we request to show the time spent to execute the routines.
over 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Taking code coverage of processes which runs many PL/I programs

Our request is to capture a code coverage data of over 10,000 programs running on a IMS FP region without restarting a IMS FP region. Our online modules running on IMS FP are managed by SAIL framework, a IBM Japan asset programs. There, basically ...
over 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Update the PSB/ACB in IMS Transaction Isolation tool

A PSB is created to provide access to IMS resources for an IMS program, this is a one-to-one relationship. This relationship makes it difficult if many developers works with the same data and program. If a resource is shared between applications, ...
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Command to stop IMS debug sub-regions

We are using IBM Debug Tool with the feature "private message regions". Unfortunately, some users forget to stop their private message region at the end of their debug session and it can lead to problems for our system teams when they need to shut...
almost 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add features for viewing the CICS debug profiles file

Right now, the only way to check what profiles are defined, is through DTCN's PF7. This displays the entire file, two entries at a time, scrolling two forward and three backwards. No filters (not even "just the active profiles"), no option to skip...
about 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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