DCTEST and CONTEST testing

After installing HCL Enterprise Integrator (HEI) or Domino® Enterprise Connection Services (DECS,) you should test your external system client connectivity using DCTEST. Once you have confirmed that your external system client connectivity is operational, you can begin the process of creating HEI or DECS activities and connections. However, before you execute an HEI Activity that uses one or more of these connections, you should test your connections using CONTEST. CONTEST tests that a specific connection can actually access the external system. For example, when you create a named connection using an HEI connection document, run CONTEST on that connection name before running any activity that uses it.

HEI and DECS are supplied with connectivity testing software. Both HEI and DECS supply the DCTEST utility, while HEI also supplies the CONTEST utility.

DCTEST is a client-specific test program. It tests system connectivity to external data sources. For example, you could use DCTEST to test connectivity between your DB2® client and your DB2® server. CONTEST is a connector testing program, for use with HEI only, that tests specific HEI connections.