Managing profiles with z/OS Debugger Profile Management

In z/OS Debugger Profile Management, system administrators can identify and delete profiles that might interfere with z/OS system resources. Currently, only CICS profiles (also known as DTCN profiles) are supported.

Before you can use z/OS Debugger Profile Management, ensure that Debug Profile Service is installed and configured, and that your z/OS user ID has the authority to manage other users' CICS (DTCN) profiles.

Accessing z/OS Debugger Profile Management

  1. Access z/OS Debugger Profile Management with one of the following methods:
    • In the z/OS Debugger Profiles view, click the view menu (View Menu icon) in the view toolbar to display the Show Profile Management menu option. When you hover your mouse over Show Profile Management, the name of the host that is connected through the Remote Systems view is displayed. Ensure that the connection port is set to the RSE port that supports Debug Profile Service.
    • Go to the website directly with a URL in one of the following formats:
      • https://{hostname}:{port}/profile-management, if you specify SECURE="Y" in eqaprof.env.
      • http://{hostname}:{port}/profile-management, if you specify SECURE="N" in eqaprof.env.
      where:
      hostname
      The name of your z/OS host.
      port
      The port number defined in eqaprof.env.
  2. In z/OS Debugger Profile Management, log in with your z/OS user ID with administration privilege to Debug Profile Service.

What is displayed in the table

Search field: Enter the search text to display only the profiles that match your search text.

Region list: Select the CICS region to display all the profiles in this region.

In the table, the following columns are displayed:
Owner
Displays the owner of the profile. Generic profiles that might cause unexpected debug sessions are highlighted with a warning icon (Warning icon) next to the owner name.
State
Indicates that the profile is active or inactive.
Transaction
Displays the transaction to trigger a debug session.
Terminal ID
Displays the terminal ID to trigger a debug session.
Net Name
Displays the name of a CICS terminal or CICS system to trigger a debug session.

You can click any column header to sort the list of profiles based on the contents of that column in default, ascending, or descending order.

Working with the profile data

To evaluate whether a profile is causing problems, you can click the owner to display the profile data in the Profile Data window. Generic profiles that might cause unexpected debug sessions are highlighted with a warning icon (Warning icon) next to the owner name.

In this window, you can complete the following tasks:
  • View the profile data.
  • Copy the profile data with the Copy to clipboard icon (Copy to clipboard icon).
  • Save the profile data in a .json file.
You can then use the copied profile data or downloaded file to collaborate with others.

To prevent generic profiles, specify DTCNFORCExxxx settings to make some fields mandatory.

Deleting a profile

If necessary, you can delete other users' profiles in the table.
  • Select one or more owners.
  • Click Delete. The profiles under the selected owns are deleted.