Setting up the debugging profiles data sets

Application programmers who use certain debugging tools with CICS® create debugging profiles which are stored in a VSAM key sequenced data set with an alternative index.

To set up the debugging profiles data sets:
  1. Use the IDCAMS utility to create and initialize the VSAM data sets.
  2. Create file definitions for the data sets. The data sets can be shared by more than one CICS region, and can be defined as:
    VSAM RLS files
    Define VSAM RLS files when you want to share profiles between several CICS regions in the same sysplex
    VSAM non-RLS files
    Define VSAM non-RLS files when you do not need to share profiles between regions in the same sysplex
    Remote files
    Define remote files when you want to use profiles that are stored in a region that is connected using MRO or ISC.