Starting the z/OS Debugger Terminal Interface Manager as a dedicated terminal

The z/OS® Debugger Terminal Interface Manager is a VTAM® application that must be started (following the start of VTAM itself) before users can access it. Follow these steps to start it:

  1. Copy the EQAYSESM member of the data set hlq.SEQASAMP to the SYS1.PROCLIB data set, making any changes required by your installation.
  2. Make sure that the z/OS Debugger Terminal Interface Manager load modules, EQAYSESM and EQAYTRMM, resides in an APF authorized library (this module can be found in the hlq.SEQAAUTH data set). This is required to allow access to functions to validate users by login credentials.
  3. Start the z/OS Debugger Terminal Interface Manager using the START command from the console. The START command can be added to the COMMNDxx member of SYS1.PARMLIB to start the z/OS Debugger Terminal Interface Manager when the system is IPLed.
    The z/OS Debugger Terminal Interface Manager load module accepts three parameters, which you can provide by using the OPTS substitution variable on the START command or in the EQAYSESM PROC definition. You can code the parameters in any sequence and all of them are optional. The following list describes the parameters:
    -a acbname
    Specifies an alternate VTAM ACB name for Terminal Interface Manager to open. For more information about this parameter, see Running the Terminal Interface Manager on more than one LPAR on the same VTAM network.
    -s
    Instructs Terminal Interface Manager to supply an additional entry field on each Terminal Interface Manager panel, in which the user can enter an IBM® Session Manager escape sequence. For more information about this parameter, see Configuring Terminal Interface Manager as an IBM Session Manager application.
    +T
    Turns on internal tracing for Terminal Interface Manager. Do not use this parameter unless instructed by IBM support personnel.
    The following example starts the z/OS Debugger Terminal Interface Manager for alternate ACB EQASESS2 and instructs it to provide an extra entry field for use with IBM Session Manager: 
    START EQAYSESM,OPTS='-a EQASESS2 -s'