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Packages containing all of the individual Problem Determination Tools plug-ins in a single file
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To access the latest features and security fixes in the Problem determination Tools, please use "IBM Explorer for z/OS" instead of Problem determination Tools Combined Plugin Packages:
IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua offers a platform to obtain an integrated set of IBM Eclipse tooling, designed to enable increased productivity for z/OS developers and system programmers. Platforms and plug-ins based on IBM Explorer for z/OS have been built and tested to install side by side taking the guesswork out of choosing which plug-in will install into which platform. These plug-ins are designed to work with the latest IBM Developer for z/Systems 14 & IBM Rational Developer for System z v9.5.1.
To download and install the latest version of the IBM Problem Determination Tools plug-ins and a compatible installation environment, please visit the new IBM Mainframe Development website below:
The IBM Problem Determination Tools Plug-ins V12 combined packages contain all of the individual product plug-ins (for Application Performance Analyzer, Debug Tool, Fault Analyzer, File Manager, Workload Simulator) into a single downloadable zip file in either Eclipse P2 or Installation Manager (IM) installable formats. These single all-inclusive zip files make the initial installation and follow-on maintenance and functional updates easier than the previous individual product plug-in packages.
So, how do you want to use the Problem Determination Tools Plug-ins V12 ?
| The latest IBM offerings (Eclipse 4.2.2 based) | Prior but currently supported IBM offerings (Eclipse 3.6.2. based) |
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What's new
Plug-ins 12.1.1.x (Based on Eclipse 4.2.2 platform)
- v12.1.1.21 (25 August 2015)
- FM: PI45436 Different number of records are displayed between File Manager under ISPF and FM Plug-in when viewing a file with a template.
- v12.1.1.20 (14 April 2015)
- - CC: Raise minimum encryption protocol to TLS V1.1
- - FM: APAR PI36694 If DB2 table is open in edit mode user can't export it to desktop using File Manager plugins
- NOTE: THESE ENHANCEMENTS REQUIRE:
- -File Manager PTF UI22705 or later for File Manager V12
- -PDTCC Common Server PTF UI22989 or later for PDTCC V1R6
- -PDTCC Common Server PTF UI22990 or later for PDTCC V1R7
- v12.1.1.19 (17 December 2014)
- Began consolidating plug-in versions (v12 and v13) to reduce time required between releases
- FA: Consolidated error messages to avoid duplicate error dialogs being shown
- v12.1.1.18 (7 November 2014)
- All: PMR78152: Added service repository URL to Installation Manager packages to prevent showing an error when no updates are found
- FA: PMR16639: Fixed custom column configuration being lost when closing and reopening the fault entry list
- FM: PI28195: When attempting to connect to the common component server using the host connections view, receive exception thrown error.
- v12.1.1.17 (23 September 2014)
- FA: PMR79763 Customised columns are no longer lost when refreshing a View data set fault entry list
- FA: PMR16638 Large number of performance improvements to fault entry list operations, such as refreshing and sorting a list
- FA: User is no longer asked for credentials after restarting the program and opening a cached history file
- FA: Fixed Minidump EBCDIC/ASCII encoding selection remaining selected after picking an option directly from the drop down selection menu
- DT: Updated Debug Tool perspective to the latest RDz 9.1 GA level
- V12.1.1.16 (21 August 2014)
- FM: PI21592: Enable selecting 'Wide Listing' option for 'Compare' in the FM plugin.
- PD Tools Studio: updated bundled Java Runtime Environment to 32-bit IBM Java 1.7.0 (v7r1 SR1-FP1)
- PD Tools branding: "About" text should now correctly display version number and build timestamp
- V12.1.1.15 (3 July 2014)
- FM: APAR PI18376: When 'Export to Desktop' is used in the File Manager plug-in, not all of the expected records are exported when using a template.
- FM: Added DB2 option "Do not show padded blanks in CREATOR" to DB2 preferences page
- V12.1.1.14 (23 May 2014)
- FA: Major performance improvement for loading large fault entry reports
- FA: Improved error message display when multiple status messages are returned
- FM: Added support for padded blanks in CREATOR of DB2 Databases and Tables
- DT: Fixed NullPointerException for JCL Plugin during plugin starting up
- V12.1.1.13 (3 April 2014)
- FM: APAR PI14668 when using the fm plug-in 'export to desktop' function, with a copybook, fields are not transferred correctly.
- FM: APAR PI13646 enter key in character mode of formatted editor causes the line to be split and data on other lines is overwritten.
- FM: APAR PI12021 Receive message - <SSID>: ** not defined in installation module when attempting to browse a DB2 subsystem using the FM plug-in.
- FM: APAR PI13509 using FM GUI plug-in to edit a file using a copybook with large number of columns, the headers and data do not stay in synch
- FM: Support files with huge number of columns in formatted editor by implementing segmented columns
- V12.1.1.12 (21 February 2014)
- FA: Improved memory efficiency when displaying fault entry reports with extremely large sections
- V12.1.1.11 (6 February 2014)
- FA: Fixed fault entry report links being hidden, can now click minidump addresses, error message codes and source code references again
- FM: APAR PI07214: Fixed File Manager not showing 'ZZZ9' fields in RDz 9
- FM: Fixed ordering of OK/Cancel buttons in Certificate Viewer dialog window
- FM: APAR PI10650: Fixed field widths being wider than what the data requires, when working with data using a template
- V12.1.1.10 (15 January 2014 )
- DT: Fix installation problem with RDz 9.0.1
- FA: Fixed exception being thrown occasionally when sorting a column in the fault entry table
- FA: IDITRACE logs are now displayed automatically in the case of a failed fault entry reanalysis to help diagnose the source of the problem
- FA: APAR PM96423 : Added optimization to reduce memory usage when downloading many large minidumps simultaneously
- FA: The fault entry list will now be sorted by the DATE column by default (as in the ISPF interface)
- FM: Allowed large dialogs to resize correctly on low resolution displays.
- V12.1.1.9 (10 December 2013)
- FA: APAR PM96423: Improved memory efficiency to support very large minidump downloads
- FA: Improved source file parsing efficiency to support very large files
- FA: Improved error message dialog information
- FM: APAR PI05862: Allow viewing MQ Message Descriptors in Formatted Editor.
- V12.1.1.8 (18 November 2013)
- FM: Enhancement APAR PM97265: Improve connection status discovery.
- FM: Fix for APAR PI06266
- V12.1.1.7 (12 Nov 2013)
- FA: PMR04018: Enhanced error message display to consolidate multiple messages and prevent excess dialogs from being created.
- V12.1.1.6 (24 Oct 2013)
- FA: APAR PM98998: Fixed French translated UI text appearing as "*PLACEHOLDER*"
- V12.1.1.5 (18 Oct 2013)
- DT: Miscellaneous Bug fixes
- FA: Miscellaneous Bug fixes
- FM: Fixes for APAR PM98853, PM97984
- V12.1.1.4 (17 Sep 2013)
- FA: PMR04018: Consolidated error dialog display when refreshing a Fault Entry that does not have a minidump available
- FA: Added support for downloading java source files
- FA: Fixed SQL error code links so that they correctly display message information when clicked
- FA: Miscellaneous stability enhancements
- FM: Added character-only editing in the formatted editor's character display to enable editing with multi-bytes character set
- FM: Fixed a bug in change password dialog
- V12.1.1.3 (22 Aug 2013)
- DT: Fix for APAR PM95427
- FM: Fix for SQL error code lookup error
- FM: Miscellaneous Bug fixes
- V12.1.1.2 (08 Aug 2013)
- FA: Improved search results that are returned when performing a lookup on a message code that includes a return code suffix
- FM: Fix for APAR PM93865
- FM: Enhanced lookup resource lookup dialogs
- FM: Miscellaneous bug fixes
- V12.1.1.1 (27 Jun 2013)
- DT: Removed DTSP plug-in dependency on DTCN plug-in.
- FA: Fixed a problem in looking up messages.
- V12.1.1.0 (14 Jun 2013)
- Updated to the Eclipse 4.2.2 platform, Java 7.0, and IBM Explorer for z/OS 2.1
- v12.1.0.28 (25 August 2015)
- FM: PI45436 Different number of records are displayed between File Manager under ISPF and FM Plug-in when viewing a file with a template.
- v12.1.0.27 (14 April 2015)
- - CC: Raise minimum encryption protocol to TLS V1.1
- - FM: APAR PI36694 If DB2 table is open in edit mode user can't export it to desktop using File Manager plugins
- NOTE: THESE ENHANCEMENTS REQUIRE:
- -File Manager PTF UI22705 or later for File Manager V12
- -PDTCC Common Server PTF UI22989 or later for PDTCC V1R6
- -PDTCC Common Server PTF UI22990 or later for PDTCC V1R7
- v12.1.0.26 (17 December 2014)
- All: Began consolidating plug-in versions (v12 and v13) to reduce time required between releases
- FA: Consolidated error messages to avoid duplicate error dialogs being shown
- v12.1.0.25 (7 November 2014)
- All: PMR78152: Added service repository URL to Installation Manager packages to prevent showing an error when no updates are found
- FA: PMR16639: Fixed custom column configuration being lost when closing and reopening the fault entry list
- FM: PI28195: When attempting to connect to the common component server using the host connections view, receive exception thrown error.
- V12.1.0.24 (23 September 2014)
- FA: PMR79763 Customised columns are no longer lost when refreshing a View data set fault entry list
- FA: PMR16638 Large number of performance improvements to fault entry list operations, such as refreshing and sorting a list
- FA: User is no longer asked for credentials after restarting the program and opening a cached history file
- FA: Fixed Minidump EBCDIC/ASCII encoding selection remaining selected after picking an option directly from the drop down selection menu
- V12.1.0.23 (21 August 2014)
- FM: unified File Manager plug-ins for Eclipse 3.6.2 and Eclipse 4.2.2 based installation environments
- PD Tools Studio: updated bundled Java Runtime Environment to 32-bit IBM Java 1.7.0 (v7r1 SR1-FP1)
- PD Tools branding: "About" text should now correctly display version number and build timestamp
- V12.1.0.22 (3 July 2014)
- FM: APAR PI18376: When 'Export to Desktop' is used in the File Manager plug-in, not all of the expected records are exported when using a template.
- FM: Added DB2 option "Do not show padded blanks in CREATOR" to DB2 preferences page
- V12.1.0.21 (23 May 2014)
- FA: Major performance improvement for loading large fault entry reports
- FA: Improved error message display when multiple status messages are returned
- FM: Added support for padded blanks in CREATOR of DB2 Databases and Tables
- DT: Fixed NullPointerException for JCL Plugin during plugin starting up
- V12.1.0.20 (3 April 2014)
- FM: APAR PI14668 when using the fm plug-in 'export to desktop' function, with a copybook, fields are not transferred correctly.
- FM: APAR PI13646 enter key in character mode of formatted editor causes the line to be split and data on other lines is overwritten.
- FM: APAR PI12021 Receive message - <SSID>: ** not defined in installation module when attempting to browse a DB2 subsystem using the FM plug-in.
- FM: APAR PI13509 using FM GUI plug-in to edit a file using a copybook with large number of columns, the headers and data do not stay in synch
- FM: Support files with huge number of columns in formatted editor by implementing segmented columns
- V12.1.0.19 (21 February 2014)
- FA: Improved memory efficiency when displaying fault entry reports with extremely large sections
- V12.1.0.18 (6 February 2014)
- FA: Fixed fault entry report links being hidden, can now click minidump addresses, error message codes and source code references again
- FM: APAR PI07214: Fixed File Manager not showing 'ZZZ9' fields in RDz 9
- FM: Fixed ordering of OK/Cancel buttons in Certificate Viewer dialog window
- FM: APAR PI10650: Fixed field widths being wider than what the data requires, when working with data using a template
- V12.1.0.17 (15 January 2014 )
- FA: Fixed exception being thrown occasionally when sorting a column in the fault entry table
- FA: IDITRACE logs are now displayed automatically in the case of a failed fault entry reanalysis to help diagnose the source of the problem
- FA: APAR PM96423 : Added optimization to reduce memory usage when downloading many large minidumps simultaneously
- FA: The fault entry list will now be sorted by the DATE column by default (as in the ISPF interface)
- FM: Allowed large dialogs to resize correctly on low resolution displays.
- V12.1.0.16 (10 December 2013)
- FA: APAR PM96423: Improved memory efficiency to support very large minidump downloads
- FA: Improved source file parsing efficiency to support very large files
- FA: Improved error message dialog information
- FM: APAR PI05862: Allow viewing MQ Message Descriptors in Formatted Editor.
- V12.1.0.15 (18 November 2013)
- FM: Enhancement APAR PM97265: Improve connection status discovery.
- FM: Fix for APAR PI06266
- V12.1.0.14 (12 Nov 2013)
- FA: PMR04018: Enhanced error message display to consolidate multiple messages and prevent excess dialogs from being created.
- V12.1.0.13 (24 Oct 2013)
- FA: APAR PM98998: Fixed French translated UI text appearing as "*PLACEHOLDER*"
- V12.1.0.12 (18 Oct 2013)
- DT: Miscellaneous Bug fixes
- FA: Miscellaneous Bug fixes
- FM: Fixes for APAR PM98853, PM97984
- V12.1.0.11 (17 Sep 2013)
- FA: PMR04018: Consolidated error dialog display when refreshing a Fault Entry that does not have a minidump available
- FA: Added support for downloading java source files
- FA: Fixed SQL error code links so that they correctly display message information when clicked
- FA: Miscellaneous stability enhancements
- FM: Added character-only editing in the formatted editor's character display to enable editing with multi-bytes character set
- V12.1.0.10 (22 Aug 2013)
- DT: Fix for APAR PM95427
- FM: Fix for SQL error code lookup error
- FM: Miscellaneous Bug fixes
- V12.1.0.9 (08 Aug 2013)
- FA: Improved search results that are returned when performing a lookup on a message code that includes a return code suffix
- FM: Fix for APAR PM93865
- FM: Enhanced lookup resource lookup dialogs
- FM: Miscellaneous bug fixes
- V12.1.0.8 (27 Jun 2013)
- DT: Removed DTSP plug-in dependency on DTCN plug-in.
- FA: Fixed a problem in looking up messages.
- V12.1.0.7 (13 Jun 2013)
- FM: Enhancement APAR PM86601.
- Support for navigating IMS databases.
- Invocation of Extract utility function.
- Invocation of Print utility function.
- FM: Miscellaneous bug fixes.
- FA: PMR03129: fixed sizing of Fault Entry duplication information panel in Properties display
- FA: RFE525: Added support for setting custom minidump decoding character sets
- FA: Improved Fault Entry column filtering display to make applied settings clearer
- FA: Fixed IDITRACE links under expanded Fault Entries in open History Files (now open correctly)
- FA: Added error messages when trying to open a non-existent source code file
- FA: History File Fault Entry lists now automatically close after being removed
- FA: Removed unused "MVS Dump Title" field from Fault Entry Properties display
- FA: Improved context menu icons
- FA: Updated help documentation to include new enhancements
- V12.1.0.6 (03 May 2013)
- FM: Fix for APAR PM86798.
- FM: Miscellaneous bug fixes.
- V12.1.0.5 (22 March 2013)
- FM: Enhancement APAR PM83408.
- Enhancement to support specification of CCSIDs. Need to apply File Manager PTF for APAR PM80526.
- Member template listing in Systems Information view and Properties view.
- Systems Information view performance enhancements and usability improvements.
- Improved server/client version mismatch reporting.
- User names retrieved from Rational Developer for System z are uppercased.
- FM: Fix for APAR PM82153.
- FA: Added support for viewing IDITRACE logs
- FA: Added Side File Data Set descriptions to documentation
- FA: PM81980 - Fixed caching of Fault reports after performing a refresh
- V12.1.0.4 (20 December 2012)
- FM: Fix for APAR PM79469.
- FM: Miscellaneous bug fixes.
- V12.1.0.3 (14 December 2012)
- Updates for supporting CICS V5.1 release and CICS Explorer V5.1.
- FM: Improved navigation for the compiler options setting.
- FM: Cursor navigation improvement for the formatted editor in view mode.
- DT: Bug fixes, enhancements and matches up with newest Rational Developer for System z release.
- DT: The DTCN plugin now supports multiple profiles. Users can select one of several local profiles and activate it as the server profile.
- V12.1.0.2 (28 November 2012)
- FM: Added cursor navigation support in the formatted editor
- FM: Added compiler listing retrieval support when the formatted editor fails to start due to compiler errors for the specified template
- FM: Fixed a problem with Find/Change command when viewing data in the formatted editor
- FM: Fixed a problem with SAVE AS action in the formatted editor
- FM: Fixed a problem with updating values of CICS files
- FM: Enhanced server/client compatibility issue reporting
- V12.1.0.1 (07 November 2012)
- APA: Allow the user to select the location of the local APA reports repository.
- APA: In local mode (i.e., not connected to APA for z/OS), allow access to local reports or started tasks that are not currently active.
- DT: Provide a method to enable secured communication via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) between CICS DTCN plugin and the z/OS system.
- DT: Miscellaneous bug fixes of DTCN and DTSP plugins
- FA: Improved download performance
- FA: Added support for copy, move and delete fault entry actions
- FA: Fixed orphaned temporary file
- FA: Added report printing
- FA: Added highlighting for locally cached fault entries deleted on host
- FA: Added headings for collapsed sections
- FA: Larger marker edit box for marker creation
- FA: Added preference page options for usernote colour
- FA: Improved large history file performance
- FM: Improved navigation and data entry when using the formatted editor.
- FM: Export data from FM/Base and FM/DB2 resources to a desktop file in XML/CSV format.
- FM: Create a PDS/PDSE member action added.
- FM: DB2 SQL command console for authoring and executing SQL statements.
- FM: DB2 command console for authoring and executing DB2 commands.
- FM: Systems Information view tree-navigation improvement. Added scrolling support when a query returns a large result.
- FM: Overall performance improvement.
- FM: Multi-layout dynamic template support.
- FM: Added XML options for FM copy utility function.
- FM: Miscellaneous bug fixes.
- Common: Added connection and server problem diagnostic utility function.
- V12.1.0.0 (31 August 2012) - Initial release
Prerequisites
The following minimum hardware levels are required:
- CPU - 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, dual or core recommended
- RAM - 2.0 GB minimum, 3.0 GB recommended
- Hard disk - 1.8 GB available space, plus 210 MB of temporary space
The following software is also required:
- Any combination of one or more of the following IBM Problem Determination Tools for z/OS products:
- IBM Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS V12.1, or later
- IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V12.1, or later
- IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS, V12.1, or later
- IBM File Manager for z/OS V12.1, or later
- IBM Workload Simulator for z/OS & OS/390 V1.1, or later
- One of the following levels of the Microsoft Windows operating system:
- Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit
- Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32-bit
- If using the V12.1.1.x PD Tools Plug-ins (those based on Eclipse 4.2.2), one of the following Eclipse-based platforms:
- IBM CICS Explorer (for Windows) V5.1.1, or later
- IBM Rational Developer for System z (for Windows only) V9
- If using the V12.1.0.x PD Tools Plug-ins (those based on Eclipse 3.6.2), one of the following Eclipse-based platforms:
Installation Instructions
- Review the "System requirements and prerequisites" section in the Plug-in Readme PDF (available below) for the relevant release and verify that you have met all the requirements and installed all the prerequisites.
- Click on the Plug-in HTTP link (in Download table, below) for the relevant release and save the compressed file to your local machine.
- Review the "Installing IBM Problem Determination Tools plug-ins Combined Packages" section of the Plug-in Readme PDF for instructions on how to complete the installation.
Download Package
Note that, aside from the LANGUAGE column defined in the download table below, this plug-in supports the following languages:
- US English
- Japanese
- Korean
Technical Support
These IBM Problem Determination Tools plug-ins are available at no charge to all licensed users of any of the following five IBM Problem Determination Tools for z/OS products:
- IBM Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS V12.1, or later
- IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V12.1, or later
- IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS, V12.1, or later
- IBM File Manager for z/OS V12.1, or later
- IBM Workload Simulator for z/OS & OS/390 V1.1, or later
These IBM Problem Determination Tools plug-ins are supplied under the standard terms and conditions of the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA) and of the associated License Information and other documentation, and provides a defect correction entitlement for those licensed users entitled to service for any of the IBM Problem Determination Tools for z/OS products listed above. Service is available for these plug-ins for as long as the IBM Problem Determination Tools for z/OS product which the plug-ins are to be used with are generally supported by IBM. In addition, IBM reserves the right to discontinue service on these plug-ins when they are withdrawn from marketing by IBM. Please reference the IBM Problem Determination Tool for z/OS product that you are using as the entitled product when contacting IBM and requesting support for IBM Problem Determination Tools Studio.
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