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Debug for z/OS

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    IDz v17 : not able to change User ID via Set Pattern when creating an IMS Isolation Profile

    It would be useful for our developers because then they would be able to Debug an MPP (IMS TM) in IDz and also set all z/OS Debugger Profiles-settings and do all z/OS Debugger Profiles--actions (such as Register/Start Region/…) from within IDz.For...
    2 days ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Support debugging specific steps inside a PROC

    Given the "Debug as" feature, the debug configuration fails to detect inherited steps when the JCL under test uses a PROC. Only the steps in the main JCL are provided for selection. I suggest to analyse or pre-process the JCL by the debug launch c...
    11 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    RDS (EQARMTD) and zOpenDebug are not currently sysplex-aware, so they can't redirect our debug request, and we cannot always pick up IMS transactions for debug.

    We have an issue using the z/OS Debugger in VS Code, due to our setup in Test where we have two LPAR’s in a Sysplex. Since our IMS transactions are automatically placed on either LPAR, we need to be able to pick up the transaction from either LPAR...
    6 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Cross debugging

    There are some scenarios where the user who is intended to debug some program isn't the one who submits the JCL. Among other situations, this happens when the job is launched from ControlM. In this case, the principal is a service user instead of ...
    over 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Add RUNTO to playback in eclipse

    Running Playback under the TSO i/f it is possible to enter a RUNTO command. This functioality is sorely missing in rhe eclipse i/f. This diminishes the effectiveness of playback.
    about 1 month ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Add timeout for active and parked debug sessions in IBM Z Open Debug in VS Code

    It is common that developers leave active debug sessions open, leaving for lunch or afternoon tea. Even more common that multiple sessions are parked without ever being connected to. It would be VERY helpful if these sessions could timeout. We wou...
    almost 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Debug a Cobol program (6.3) using LangX side file

    With Cobol 6, we cannot debug programs using LANGX side files. We would like to continue using this feature as we were able to do with Cobol 4 programs
    about 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Debugger clean-up job should stop all debugger message regions that are waiting for input

    We are using Debug for Z/OS in our test regions. We have scheduled the clean-up job to run every night. This job executes the Program EQANIPSB. It has 2 steps - the first step stops all the debugger message regions and the next step deregisters al...
    over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Improve DTCNDELETEDEADPROF to delete only unused profiles for a specific period

    Enabling DTCNDELETEDEADPROF parameter causes to delete all profiles after logoff of the user. Unfortunately, debugger users should redefine deleted profiles at their next logon. A new parameter so to delete only DTCN profiles that have not been us...
    over 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Expand HLASM macro display by command

    For a debugging session of an HLASM module, we currently have to decide whether to expand all macros (i.e. show the code they generate) or only show the macro call itself. The first option renders the display nearly useless, because of the sheer n...
    over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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