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This edition applies to IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 8.0.3 (program number 5724-T07) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
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This document discusses the differences that make IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Version 8.0.3 unique from the other Rational® Developer for System z® client versions. There are some changes to installation, changes to how some functions work within the client, and some new functions.
This document is intended for anyone who plans to install or use IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Version 8.0.3.
IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise allows you to perform basic operations for development on both z/OS® and AIX® systems from the same new default perspective. The new default perspective is the Enterprise Development perspective.
For more complex operations, you can switch to platform-specific perspectives.
Developer for zEnterprise supports the following client operating systems:
Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional | Service Pack 3 or later |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | Service Pack 2 or later |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | Service Pack 2 or later |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition | Service Pack 2 or later |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition | Service Pack 2 or later |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition | Service Pack 1 or later |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition | Service Pack 1 or later |
Microsoft Windows Vista Business | Service Pack 2 or later |
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise | Service Pack 2 or later |
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate | Service Pack 2 or later |
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition | Service Pack 1 or later |
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition | Service Pack 1 or later |
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition | Service Pack 1 or later |
Red Hat Linux Desktop v 5.0 | All available service recommended |
Red Hat Linux Desktop v 6.0 | All available service recommended |
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server v 5.0 | All available service recommended |
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server v 6.0 | All available service recommended |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v 10.0 | All available service recommended |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v 11.0 | All available service recommended |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop v 10.0 | All available service recommended |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop v 11.0 | All available service recommended |
Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server R2 | No service level required |
Microsoft Windows 2008 Standard Edition R2 | No service level required |
Developer for zEnterprise supports the following host systems:
Program Number | Product Name |
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5765-G98 | AIX 7.1 |
5765-G62 | AIX 6.1 Standard Edition |
5765-G03 | AIX 5L™ version 5.3 |
Be aware of the following things for the AIX system:
Be aware of the following things for the Linux on Power System:
There are some installation differences between IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Version 8.0.3 and IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 8.0.3.
If you are going to work on AIX or Linux projects for Power Systems™, you must install the AIX or Linux servers. (Rational Developer for Power Systems is not shipped with Rational Developer for System z Enterprise for 8.0.3 and later releases.)
Migration from IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise 8.0.1 to IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Version 8.0.3 is seamless. Just apply the IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Version 8.0.3 update to the previously installed version. The necessary updates are made automatically.
There are some functional differences between IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Version 8.0.3 and IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 8.0.3.
There are two LPEX-based COBOL editors in IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Version 8.0.3 that look nearly identical. One editor provides support for editing COBOL files used on Rational Developer for System z and the other for COBOL files used on AIX and Linux on Power Systems.
The System z LPEX Editor supports language-sensitive help for MVS™ and Windows.
The COBOL Editor supports language-sensitive help for MVS, Windows, and AIX.
The Remote Systems LPEX Editor supports LSH for AIX.
Language-sensitive help applies to MVS files and Windows files.
For debugging purposes, you should set the COBOL and C/C++ editors for Rational Developer for System z as the default. See Debugging considerations for instructions about how to set the default editors.
There are also two remote C/C++ editors that have similar names. The editor names are listed here:
During the IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise installation process, the editors set as the default editors are the editors that provide support for editing COBOL files used on AIX or Power systems. If you want to debug programs on System z, you must change the default editors. The following section tells you how to change the default editors.
When using IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise, you should use the LPEX-based COBOL editors for editing COBOL files on IBM Rational Developer for System z as the default editors.
To change the default COBOL editor, perform the following steps:
To change the default C/C++ editor, perform the following steps:
The Enterprise Development perspective is a new perspective in IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise. The z/OS Projects perspective itself is not available, because it is a subset of this new perspective.
Views associated with the new perspective are listed here:
This view displays Rational Developer for System z projects and projects associated with AIX and Power systems.
The Remote Systems view shows an AIX connection type instead of a UNIX connection type.
This view also displays Rational Developer for System z projects and projects associated with AIX and Linux on Power Systems. This view also displays remote AIX COBOL and remote C/C++ on Power projects.
The Remote Reconciler view helps you manage the associations between your development projects and their corresponding remote locations on Power systems.
The Remote Reconciler view lists all projects that have an associated remote connection to a Power system, and shows their remote location, type of connection, and shows whether they are out of sync with their remote counterpart. From this view, you can push any local changes to the corresponding remote resource, as well as kick off builds.
You can open the new Enterprise Projects view from the Window > Show View menu of IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise, but the z/OS Projects view is not available from the Window > Open Perspective menu because it is a subset of the Enterprise Projects view.
The Enterprise Projects Views view category groups views in a way that is similar to the z/OS Projects Views category.
You might notice some differences when using the COBOL editor for AIX or Linux on Power or on AIX resources in IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise:
For Power and AIX systems, the AIX COBOL help is presented.
The process for locating copybooks for AIX or Linux on Power projects is different than for Developer for System z projects.
This feature does not exist for projects in AIX or Linux on Power.
This feature applies only to projects involving z/OS operating systems. It does not apply to projects for AIX or Linux on Power.
This feature applies only to projects involving z/OS operating systems. It does not apply to projects for AIX or Linux on Power.
This feature applies only to projects involving z/OS operating systems. It does not apply to projects for AIX or Linux on Power.
File locking does not exist in AIX systems, so IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise does not automatically switch to Browse or View mode.
AIX and Linux on Power use the RSE properties as configured by Eclipse defaults. You can override the defaults to determine remote file encoding.
AIX and Linux on Power projects have a different user interface than the Developer for System z projects user interface to configure remote preprocessors. No local preprocessing for AIX and Power systems projects is supported.
COBOL on AIX systems has a compile option to allow a maximum line length of 252 characters.
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