Joseph, you have a choice of four products that all include the IBM z/OS Debugger's Standard Mode, which is what you need to debug 64-bit applications. I provided the part numbers for all four choices in my previous post. You're free to choose any of them.
If you are a single user in need of this capability, and nobody else in your organization needs it (so far as you know anyway), then it's likely that the IBM Developer for z/OS product will be the most attractive choice financially. Please refer to my previous post for the four most common Passport Advantage part numbers associated with IBM Developer for z/OS. If you need any other Passport Advantage part numbers for IBM Developer for z/OS, such as a term license part number (see below), then I recommend searching for either of the two license part numbers I provided to find the most recent IBM announcement letter listing the other, related part numbers -- they might be listed in a Rational Developer for z (prior product name) announcement letter, for example -- and you should be all set. You can approach any Passport Advantage software distributor, or contact IBM directly, to get price quotations for the part number(s) you need. By the way, there's a free 3 day, cloud-based trial of Application Delivery Foundation for z/OS -- one of the four products that includes the IBM z/OS Debugger's Standard Mode -- available here: https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/signup?formid=urx-30291 I'm going to try to pull in the "Cost of Idz" thread you also created into this thread, with this reply: Grant Taylor wrote: >I inquired about zPDT / RDz (likely closely related product) about 18 >months ago and was told it was about $5k. But the kicker was that was >for one year, and there was an annual renewal. (I assume it's for >support and / or updated ADCD images.) I was subsequently given a price >of nearly $10k for a one time purchase and only one year of support / >updates. >I never did get a clear answer if the zPDT / RDz would continue working >with the images it had after that year or not. If you purchase a 12 month term license (for example), it doesn't matter whether the product would hypothetically continue working past the end of the term. If you don't renew the term license (or buy a perpetual license), you're not licensed, and you're not authorized to continue running that product. >So, be EXTREMELY CLEAR on what you're getting and how long it will be >good for. I agree. It's most helpful if you can locate the correct part number(s). If you're not sure that you've got the right part number(s), please ask for help. I'm happy to help unofficially here if you have such questions, bearing in mind that occasionally days or even a couple weeks can pass before I catch up with forum posts if I'm particularly busy or "off the grid." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
