IBM application development and problem determination tools for z/OS and OS/390 / Eric Chabert et al.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chabert, Eric.

Contributor:

Delahaye, Sylvie.

Litvak, Sergei.

Racine, Gary.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operating systems (Computers).

z/OS.

OS/390.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1036 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Jose, CA : IBM Corp., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Part 1 Executive summary and overview

Chapter 1. Executive summary

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Application Monitor for z/OS

1.3 Debug Tool and Debug Tool Utilities &amp

Advanced Functions

1.4 Fault Analyzer for z/OS

1.5 File Manager for z/OS

1.6 Workload Simulator for z/OS and OS/390

Chapter 2. Overview of the problem determination and deployment tools

2.1 Application Monitor for z/OS

2.1.1 Use of Application Monitor

2.1.2 What Application Monitor can do

2.1.3 The major functions of Application Monitor

2.2 Debug Tool for z/OS and Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions

2.2.1 What Debug Tool can do

2.2.2 What Debug Tool provides

2.2.3 Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions

2.3 Fault Analyzer for z/OS

2.3.1 Locate application failures quickly to reduce development costs

2.3.2 Maximizing development assets

2.3.3 Analyze application failures to improve developer productivity

2.3.4 Fault Analyzer functions to optimize efficiencies

2.4 File Manager for z/OS

2.4.1 Enhance development productivity through structured data support

2.4.2 Maximize flexibility with the File Manager base component

2.4.3 Manage data more efficiently with the File Manager DB2 component

2.4.4 Develop faster, less costly applications with the File Manager IMS component

2.4.5 Flexible file processing to meet your business goals

2.4.6 For more information

2.5 Workload Simulator for z/OS and OS/390

2.5.1 What Workload Simulator can do

2.5.2 What Workload Simulator provides

2.5.3 The latest enhancements

Part 2 Introduction to Problem Determination and Deployment Tools

Chapter 3. Introduction to Application Monitor for z/OS.

3.1 How Application Monitor samples an application

3.2 How to get help

3.3 The functions of Application Monitor

3.3.1 Online analysis

3.3.2 Program module reports

3.3.3 Delay analysis reports

3.3.4 Data set analysis reports

3.3.5 DB2 analysis

3.3.6 Monitoring CICS

3.3.7 Monitoring IMS

3.3.8 Monitoring jobs

3.3.9 Deferred monitoring request

3.3.10 History data set

Chapter 4. Introduction to Debug Tool and Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions

4.1 Debug Tool

4.1.1 Debug Tool interfaces

4.1.2 Compiler options

4.1.3 Link-edit options

4.1.4 Runtime TEST option

4.1.5 Special files

4.1.6 Global preferences file enhancement

4.1.7 Frequently used commands

4.1.8 Other useful commands

4.1.9 Finishing a Debug Tool session

4.1.10 Built-in functions

4.1.11 Dynamic Debug Facility

4.2 Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions

4.2.1 Debug Tool Utilities

4.2.2 Advanced functions

Chapter 5. Introduction to Fault Analyzer for z/OS

5.1 Validating your software level

5.1.1 PTF information

5.2 Mechanics of Fault Analyzer

5.2.1 Fault history file

5.2.2 Supported application environments

5.2.3 Summary of real-time analysis

5.3 Preparing your program for Fault Analyzer

5.3.1 Compiler options

5.3.2 TEST option considerations

Chapter 6. Introduction to File Manager for z/OS

6.1 Overview

6.1.1 File Manager for working with MVS data sets

6.1.2 File Manager for DB2 data

6.1.3 File Manager for IMS data

6.2 Major functions

6.2.1 Support for DFSORT

6.2.2 Templates

6.2.3 REXX functions

6.2.4 Batch processing

Chapter 7. Introduction to Workload Simulator

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Use of WSim

7.1.2 Resources WSim can simulate

7.1.3 Testing with WSim

7.2 System configuration

7.2.1 Physical configurations.

7.2.2 Logical configurations

7.3 Script preparation

7.3.1 Network definition statements

7.3.2 Message generation decks

7.3.3 Methods for creating message decks

7.3.4 Testing scripts

7.4 WSim output

7.5 Operating WSim

7.6 WSim Test Manager

7.7 Latest enhancements

Part 3 Application Monitor for z/OS

Chapter 8. Application Monitor: Settings and customization

8.1 Application Monitor Primary Options panel

8.2 Application Monitor Set Your Defaults panel

8.2.1 Specify Default Sampling Parameters

8.2.2 Specify History File Name and Options

8.2.3 Specify History Allocation Options

8.2.4 Specify COBOL and PL/I Listing Data Sets

Chapter 9. Application Monitor: Selecting a job

9.1 Active job selection

9.2 Select an Active Job to Analyze

9.2.1 How to read this panel

9.2.2 How to select your job from this panel

9.3 Analyze a Specified Job

9.4 Managing and analyzing a named set of jobs

9.4.1 Managing named sets

9.4.2 Analyze a named set of jobs

9.5 Deferred monitoring request

9.5.1 How to define a deferred monitoring request

9.5.2 How to administer a deferred monitoring request

Chapter 10. Application Monitor: Analyzing a job

10.1 Special features of history data sets

10.1.1 Analyze Historical Data

10.1.2 Select a History Data Set

10.1.3 Specify the Time Intervals to Analyze

10.2 Program module reports

10.2.1 CPU and Loadmod Analysis

10.2.2 Statement Analysis

10.2.3 Detail Statement Display

10.2.4 Instruction Analysis

10.2.5 Detail Instruction Display

10.2.6 Statement Analysis Member selection

10.3 Delay Analysis Report

10.4 Data Set analysis

10.4.1 Data Set Analysis Report

10.4.2 VSAM Data Set Analysis Detail Report

Chapter 11. Application Monitor: Analyzing a job with subsystems

11.1 CICS analysis.

11.1.1 CICS customization

11.1.2 CICS displays

11.1.3 CICS Transactions display

11.1.4 CICS Calls in a Transaction display

11.1.5 CICS Transaction Executions display

11.1.6 CICS Calls in a Unit of Work display

11.2 DB2 analysis

11.2.1 DB2 customization

11.2.2 DB2 displays

11.2.3 SQL Analysis display

11.2.4 SQL Statement Summary display

11.2.5 SQL Statement Full Text

11.2.6 SQL Detailed Explain Analysis

11.2.7 SQL Explain Detail display

11.2.8 DB2 Table Information display

11.2.9 SQL End Completion Statistics display

11.2.10 SQL Statement Completion display

11.3 IMS analysis

11.3.1 IMS customization

11.3.2 IMS messages processed by region display

11.3.3 IMS Message Analysis display

11.3.4 IMS Message Call Analysis display

11.3.5 IMS segment search criteria analysis display

Chapter 12. Application Monitor and batch reports

12.1 Overview

12.2 JCL - FBIBATCH

12.3 Printed report layouts

12.3.1 The title page

12.3.2 Jobs, Steps, and Time Ranges page

12.3.3 Historical Reports available

12.3.4 Detailed Analysis reports

Part 4 Debug Tool and Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions

Chapter 13. Debugging programs using Debug Tool

13.1 Debugging C/C++ programs using Debug Tool

13.1.1 Preparing the program

13.1.2 Using mainframe interface debugger (3270 interface debugger)

13.1.3 Using IBM Distributed Debugger

13.2 Debugging PL/I programs using Debug Tool

13.2.1 Preparing a PL/I program for debugging

13.2.2 Debugging a PL/I application with the mainframe interface (MFI)

13.2.3 Debugging a PL/I application with the remote interface

13.3 Debugging COBOL programs using Debug Tool

13.3.1 Preparing an OS/VS COBOL application for debugging using JCL

13.3.2 Preparing a COBOL for z/OS and OS/390 application using DTU&amp

AF.

13.3.3 Using MainFrame Interface debugger

13.3.4 Using IBM Distributed Debugger

13.4 Debugging non-LE programs using Debug Tool

13.4.1 Debugging exclusively non-LE programs

13.4.2 Debugging MVS batch or TSO non-LE initial programs

13.4.3 Debugging CICS non-LE initial programs

13.5 Debugging Assembler programs using Debug Tool

13.5.1 Preparing the program

13.5.2 Preparing programs and modifying setup files with Debug Tool Utilities

13.5.3 Assembling your program using Debug Tool Utilities

13.5.4 Modifying and using a setup file

13.5.5 Using MainFrame Interface debugger

13.5.6 Using IBM Distributed Debugger

13.5.7 Debug Tool commands supported in remote debug mode

Chapter 14. Using Debug Tool under UNIX System Services

14.1 Common considerations for all languages

14.1.1 Specifying the TEST runtime option

14.1.2 Special considerations for running DLL applications from the shell

14.2 Using C/C++ and Debug Tool under USS

14.2.1 Compiling a C/C++ application

14.2.2 Debugging a USS application

Chapter 15. Debug Tool and subsystems

15.1 Debug Tool and CICS

15.1.1 How to add support for debugging under CICS

15.1.2 How to prepare a CICS program

15.1.3 How to start Debug Tool under CICS

15.1.4 How to debug CICS programs

15.2 Debug Tool and DB2

15.2.1 Compiling for DB2 and Debug Tool

15.2.2 Invoking a DB2 application using the TEST runtime option

15.2.3 Using DTSU to invoke your DB2 application

15.2.4 DB2 stored procedures considerations

15.3 Debug Tool and IMS

15.3.1 Traditional methods of debugging under IMS

15.3.2 Debugging with IMS V8 and above

15.3.3 Precedence of the information on the LE Runtime Options panel

Chapter 16. Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions

16.1 Coverage Utility

16.1.1 DTCU customization

16.1.2 DTCU requirements.

16.1.3 Running DTCU.

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC:

614894691