Adding support for remote debug users

If you have users running z/OS® Debugger in remote debug mode, review the following list and complete the applicable tasks:

• If your TCP/IP stack name is not TCPIP, you can use the TCPIPDATADSN EQAOPTS command to instruct z/OS Debugger to dynamically allocate the correct SYSTCPD DD.
• If the source or compiler uses a code page other than 037, see CODEPAGE.
• If you want z/OS Debugger to switch to full-screen mode or batch mode if the remote debugger is not available, see NODISPLAY.
• For your CICS users, see Activating the TCP/IP Socket Interface for CICS.
• With Debug Manager, remote Eclipse users do not need to open an outgoing port for the debug daemon on the z/OS system, or supply an IP address and port for debugging. For the differences between using Debug Manager and Debug Daemon port 8001, see TCP/IP ports. For more information, see Enabling communication with Debug Manager and Understanding Debug Manager.
• To enable interactive debugging in IBM Z® Open Debug, see Adding support for Remote Debug Service.
• If your users create and manage debug profiles in the z/OS Debugger Profiles view with Eclipse or Z Open Debug Profiles view with IBM Z Open Debug, see Adding support for the DTCN profiles APIs and views for your CICS users and Adding support for Debug Profile Service and APIs to enable all the features in this view for best user experience.
• For users that install the Debug Tool DTCN and DTSP Profile Manager plug-ins to the remote Eclipse debugger, do the following tasks:
  • If users want to use the DTCN Profiles view, see Adding support for the DTCN profiles APIs and views.
  • If users want to use the DTSP Profiles, code coverage, and load module analyzer views, see Adding support for the DTSP Profile, code coverage, and load module analyzer views.
  Notes:

  • Review the introduction to "Appendix K. Using the IBM® Debug Tool plug-ins" in the IBM z/OS Debugger User's Guide before you do any customization for the Debug Tool plug-ins. The same functionality, in general, is now available in the remote IDE with other methods. The Debug Tool plug-ins are not available in IBM Wazi Developer for Red Hat® CodeReady Workspaces.
  • All the Debug Tool plug-ins are deprecated and will be removed in the next release.
    • The DTCN and DTSP views are replaced by the z/OS Debugger Profiles view.
    • The Debug Tool Code Coverage views are replaced by the Code Coverage Results view.
• To enable secure communication for incoming debug and code coverage sessions in the remote Eclipse IDE, see Enabling secure communication between z/OS Debugger and the remote debugger for incoming debug sessions.

Refer to the following topics for more information related to the material discussed in this topic.

• Related references
• Remote debug mode in the IBM z/OS Debugger User's Guide