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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Debug for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 24, 2012

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Improve debugging in an MPR environment with the EQAD3CXT exit

There are many challenges with using the EQAD3CXT exit in an IMS MPR. There are many IMS parameters that must be set correctly in order for the transaction to begin debugging. These parameters are NOT documented in the IBM Debug Tool publications. In a recent customer experience, they could not user SCHDTYP=PARALLEL due to program limitations. When we implemented the exit, other transactions waited while the debugging a transaction. We learned that we need to set transaction classes up such that only the transaction being debugged would flow to a single MPR, while the other transactions would flow to another MPR. None of this is documented, nor nothing is done within the IBM Debug Tool to change the transaction classes during the debugging session. Recommend a thorough review of this environment, and Debug Tool improvements to minimize mass changes to IMS parameters, and improved documentation in this environment. See the attachments for details of this problem.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 15, 2021

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug for z/OS
    Component - z/OS Debugger

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool
    Component - Host

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 23, 2013

    This requirement is rejected based on the new IMS debugging features added to Debug Tool V13 that overrule this requirement.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 29, 2012

    See related RFE 20881 Improved Debugging for IMS Message Processing Programs

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 24, 2012

    Attachment (Description): IMS Parameters that were recommended, but could not be used in the customer environment

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  • Guest
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    |     Feb 24, 2012

    Attachment (Description): Emails depicting the problem with debugging MPRs

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