The following table shows various assembler options that can be used to prepare programs for use with the IBM Problem Determination Tools products (Debug Tool for z/OS, Fault Analyzer for z/OS and Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS). The methods suggested in the following table indicate if the load module produced is suitable for a production environment. Load modules suitable for a production environments have no significant run-time overhead.
Assembler options | Source information file type produced | Is the load module production ready? | Options supported and suggested for Debug Tool for z/OS | Options supported and suggested for Fault Analyzer for z/OS | Options supported and suggested for Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS |
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ADATA | SYSADATA file | Yes | N/A | Supported | Supported |
ADATA | LANGX file | Yes | Suggested for production and test |