Product enablement in IFAPRDxx

z/OS Debugger offers a variety of services, which may result the z/OS Debugger to register as multiple products, depending on the features used.

Define the following, which is also provided in EQAW.SEQASAMP(EQAWIFAT), in SYS1.PARMLIB(IFAPRDxx) to enable the Dynamic Test Engine feature used by IBM Test Accelerator for Z at IPL time:
PRODUCT OWNER('IBM CORP')
        NAME('Test Accel for z')
        ID(5900-BBG)
        VERSION(*) RELEASE(*) MOD(*)
        FEATURENAME(*)
        STATE(ENABLED)
Note: Define PROD=xx in the IEASYSxx parmlib member to specify which IFAPRDxx parmlib member must be used during IPL.

This sample register the following features:

  • IDz-DEBUGGER (for the Dynamic Test Engine feature of z/OS Debugger)
  • IDz-RDS (for Remote Debug Service)
  • EQA-REC (for the Data Collector)
  • EQA-TCLI (for the TAZ Command Line Interface)
  • EQA-CC (for Headless Code Coverage Collector)
  • EQA-CCS (for Code Coverage Service instances for VS Code support)
Issue an operator command to dynamically activate the IFAPRDxx change:
SET PROD=xx
More information on other z/OS Debugger product registrations can be found in Registering z/OS Debugger.