Requisite products
z/OS Debugger has a list of prerequisite software that must be installed and operational before it works. There is also a list of corequisite software to support specific features of the product. These requisites must be installed and operational at run time for the corresponding features to work as designed.
For a complete listing of the software requirements including prerequisites and co-requisites for a product, see the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) tool (https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/index.html). Search for the product that you acquired z/OS Debugger with.
The key requisites for a basic setup are:
- The Debug Profile Service API
is hosted on the IBM z/OS Liberty Embedded application
server and is compatible with the default IBM z/OS Liberty Embedded
installation on your z/OS system. You do not need to install or modify the existing IBM z/OS Liberty Embedded application
server to accommodate the Debug Profile Service API,
but you need to refresh the eqaprof.env to include environment variable
liberty_dir. - z/OS Explorer
- Java:
- Java 11 or 17 is required for Remote Debug Service.
- Java 8, 11, or 17 (with IBM z/OS Liberty Embedded 23.0.0.12 or later) is required for Debug Profile Service.
- Remote Debug Service and the headless code coverage collector are built on Eclipse and Java technology. Configuration options for Eclipse and Java might affect the behavior of Remote Debug Service and headless code coverage collector.