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Debug for z/OS

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Add sysdebug support to IDz 14 standard mode

IDz V14 standard mode does not use SYSDEBUG file - only Listing . SYSDEBUG file is used by LE too so its definitely created where a listing is not always created
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Debugging with MFI in a CICS PLEX environment

When debugging from 3270 interface (MFI) and setting a transaction for debug, you must first determine in which region the transaction will be run. This does not work well with the CICS solution for high availability where the transaction is being...
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

IDz headless Code Coverage daemon support CCS call to remove all cc files generated

Support the CCS REST API call to delete all the file generated by code coverage daemon. Currently only the .cczip file will be deleted.
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

IDZ IMS property group PL/I settings generate JCL GO step debug options

For programs which include IMS (batch or transaction) while developers generating JCL for GO and DEBUG step and IMS checkbox within PL/I properties of IDZ Property Group is enabled, GO step with DEBUG parameters is not generated. Instead, customer...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enahance debugger to load real source for debugging

Opened on behalf of the customer. Here is the description of the issue/problem: If I use a regular edit session (under z/OS Projects view) to open a Cmember then select an include file and press F3, I can open the selected .H file in that edit ses...
almost 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

allow hostname for Debug Manager

To have remote debugging working with IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz) in more complex network setups it is easier to use the Debug Manager (DBM). The DBM allows all debug related TCP connections being initiated by the client and this way makes i...
almost 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Protect Debug Tool Host against internal Abends

DebugTool should be loaded into protected storage to prevent that significant debugger-moduls are overriden by an user-program.
about 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Debug 3270 IMS application with personal TFORMAT lib in the concatenation

In the DBB zAppbuild framework for CI/CD a developer can perform a user build on both Cobol sources and MFS sources. In case of Cobol sources this leads to the creation of a load module on a personal load library and in case of an MFS, it leads to...
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Improvements to BTS debugging with LE Debug Tool User Exits - Debugging specific programs

I was setting up BTS IMS debugging for State of Tennessee. The Debug Tool Setup Utilities provides option 9, IMS BTS debugging, to enable debugging IMS Message processing programs in a BTS environment. However, the current configuration will debug...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Provide a STEP OVER command that bypasses the code to be executed

We'd like to see the STEP OVER command bypass the code to be executed when issues. We currently accomplish the function we are looking for by using the JUMP TO Location command, but would like to see an more intuitive solution.
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

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