This IBM Redbooks publication introduces the IBM Application Development and Problem Determination Tools V7.
The tools covered are:
- IBM Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS Version 1 Release 1
- IBM Debug Tool for z/OS Version 7 Release 1
- IBM Debug Tool and Advanced Facilities for z/OS Version 7 Release 1
- IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS Version 7 Release 1
- IBM File Manager for z/OS Version 7 Release 1
- IBM File Export for z/OS Version 1 Release 2
- IBM Workload Simulator for z/OS and OS/390 Version1 Release 1
This comprehensive suite of powerful yet easy-to-use tools helps developers efficiently build, test, and service applications while minimizing errors and increasing cost-effectiveness. The tools allow users to quickly identify and resolve problems that occur in batch, IMS, DB2, CICS, and UNIX System Services applications.
For each tool, this book provides step-by-step instructions for installation and customization, a detailed discussion of the features and capabilities, and guidance for using the tool in your environment.
Practical scenarios demonstrate how to apply the tools to monitor, manage, debug, and analyze applications in a real-world environment.
Part 1. Overview of the problem determination and deployment tools
Chapter 1. Overview of the IBM problem determination and deployment tools
Part 2. Introduction to the problem determination and deployment tools
Chapter 2. Introduction to Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS
Chapter 3. Introducing Debug Tool, Debug Tool Utilities, and Advanced Functions
Chapter 4. Introduction to Fault Analyzer for z/OS
Chapter 5. Introduction to File Export
Chapter 6. Introduction to File Manager for z/OS
Chapter 7. Introduction to Workload Simulator
Part 3. Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS
Chapter 8. Application Performance Analyzer: Settings and customization
Chapter 9. Application Performance Analyzer: Creating a monitoring request
Chapter 10. Application Performance Analyzer: Performance Analysis Reports
Chapter 11. Application Performance Analyzer: Analyzing a job with subsystem
Chapter 12. Application Performance Analyzer: More about reports
Part 4. Debug Tool, Debug Tool Utilities, and Advanced Functions
Chapter 13. Debugging programs using Debug Tool
Chapter 14. Using Debug Tool under UNIX System Services
Chapter 15. Debug Tool and subsystems
Chapter 16. Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions
Part 5. Fault Analyzer for z/OS
Chapter 17. Fault Analyzer settings and customizations
Chapter 18. Fault Analyzer interactive analysis
Chapter 19. Fault Analyzer CICS system dump analysis
Chapter 20. Fault Analyzer interactive analysis under CICS
Chapter 21. Fault Analyzer and subsystems
Part 6. File Export for z/OS
Chapter 22. Using File Export for z/OS
Chapter 23. File Export: Beyond the basics
Part 7. File Manager for z/OS
Chapter 24. Using File Manager
Chapter 25. File Manager/DB2
Chapter 26. File Manager/IMS
Chapter 27. File Manager/CICS
Chapter 28. Test data and File Manager
Part 8. Workload Simulator for z/OS and OS/390
Chapter 29. Workload Simulator, Workload Simulator Test Manager settings, and customization
Chapter 30. Workload Simulator Test Manager
Chapter 31. Basics of scripting for Workload Simulator
Part 9. Scenarios
Chapter 32. Introduction to the scenarios
Chapter 33. Guided tour of the Trader application
Chapter 34. Scenario 1: Invalid VSAM data generating an abend
Chapter 35. Scenario 2: Using Debug Tool
Chapter 36. Is the error in DB2 data or program logic?
Chapter 37. Using WSim to create workloads
Chapter 38. Using Application Performance Analyzer with the WSim workload
Appendix A. Additional material
