AFAIK, Zpdt systems include the HLASM Toolkit by default. Check it out, it may save you some grief. Since you are on Zpdt you have control over the necessary VTAM APPL’s and LU’s, so you could do remote batch debugging and forget about TEST/TESTAUTH.
Peter From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joseph Reichman Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 3:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Commands from systsin I don’t have the $10,000 or so to purchase it If it was a reasonable price for Zpdt user I would consider it I need the program in storage area that TESTAUTH will let me set a breakpoint I think my method should work Will try it later > On Sep 13, 2023, at 3:40 PM, Tom Marchant > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> only TESTAUTH let’s you debug code with PSW bit 15 being 0 > > Obviously you haven't tried z/XDC. > >> All I want is to debug a program that was preloaded under a different TCB > > Have you considered using CSVDYLPA to load in into dynamic LPA? Probably > overkill for your purposes, but you can do it so that it will stay after task > termination. > > -- > Tom Marchant > >> On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:10:19 -0400, Joseph Reichman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> First off tried it only TESTAUTH let’s you debug code with PSW bit 15 being 0 >> >> Not really sure what not being a good idea that is usually reserved for >> moving using non standard code into production as other problems will pop up >> >> All I want is to debug a program that was preloaded under a different TCB >> after I get the kinks out I’ll have LOADTOGLOBAL=YES >> >>>> On Sep 13, 2023, at 3:04 PM, Farley, Peter >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I agree with other posters that your suggested solution is not a good idea. >>> >>> If you have the HLASM Toolkit product licensed on your system you can use >>> the ASMIDF debugger to remotely debug batch jobs from a VTAM session, but >>> using ASMIDF requires that pre-established VTAM APPL’s and LU’s are defined >>> by your VTAM/network team. >>> >>> I have used it to debug assembler code and it is a pretty reasonable >>> debugging tool (not as good as z/XDC, but reasonable nonetheless, and IMHO >>> better than TSO TEST) IFF you can get your network team to set up the VTAM >>> APPL’s and LU’s for you. It’s all documented in the install/reference >>> manual for the HLASM Toolkit. >>> >>> IIRC, ASMIDF even has the ability to debug authorized code, but check the >>> manual to be sure. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
