Testing with IBM® IMS™ Connect
For testing with IBM® Information Management System (IBM® IMS™ Connect), you can set up HCL OneTest™ API. With this set up you can record the IBM® IMS™ Connect traffic.
HCL OneTest™ API supports IBM® IMS™ Connect with Information Management System 12-14 by using the Java API included in IBM® IMS™ Enterprise Suite 2.1, 3.1, or 3.2.
You can record and test IBM® IMS™ type 1 and type 2 messages:
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Type 1 messages are generated from applications deployed on IBM® WebSphere® Application Server (8.0 and later) that are configured with the IBM® IMS™ Transaction Manager Resource Adapter (12-14 are supported).
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Type 2 messages are generated from user-written applications that use Information Management System Enterprise Suite Connect API (C and Java™, 2.1, 2.2, and 3.1 are supported). An IBM® IMS™ Connect configuration handles IMS™ protocol communications from a DataPower® service to IMS™ applications. If you plan to use a DataPower® service to connect to an IMS™ application, you must set the Expect LLLL Response Header option to off. Otherwise, HCL OneTest™ API cannot record the IBM® IMS™ Connect traffic.
Task Flow for testing with IBM® IMS™ Connect
You can complete the following tasks as part of testing the IBM® IMS™ Connect transport in HCL OneTest™ API.
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On your Windows or Linux system, you must configure JAR files to support transports for IBM® IMS Connect. |
Prerequisites for creating IBM IMS Connect transports |
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To record interactions with Information Management System systems, you must set up transports to provide information about the infrastructure of these systems. |
Creating the IMS Connect transport |
3 | Configure the IBM® IMS™ Connect messages that you want to test. | Configuring IMS Connect messages |
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You can set up HCL OneTest™ API to record the IBM® IMS™ Connect traffic. |
Configuring HCL OneTest API for recording IMS Connect traffic |
5 | You can set up HCL OneTest™ API to virtualize the IBM® IMS™ Connect traffic. | Configuring HCL OneTest API for virtualizing IMS Connect traffic |