Folks: What you want is an automated tool that can modify the batch executables "on the fly" for each environment. If you have a change control tool like ISPW, SYSChange, Endevor or ChangeMan, it is pretty straightforward to set up rules through an automated JCL management tool such as J-Man from Visiant Arcares (www.visiantarcares.com). Through an easy to define set of rules, the user can cause the batch processes (even the automated updating of the scheduling nets when moving to production) to mirror the appropriate libraries, naming conventions, test environments, etc. And, as Chris says, "what ever runs in production, you're going to need a copy of it in testing." This can also be automated if you have one of the change tools described above and the appropriate JCL management solutions, such as J-Man.
Chris, this could be a way to multiply yourself! :o) Mitch -----Original Message----- From: Cris Hernandez #9 <[email protected]> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 2:29 pm Subject: Re: Mainframe Testing well, whatever runs in production, you're going to need a copy of it in esting. sually means a lot of batch and then testing the onlines/applications' user ccess. found it always helped to keep a testbed of data for batch/db's, then write an utomated batch job scheduler that edits all the JCL and control cards so that hey point to testing libraries/files instead of production, plus remove all the roc steps that you don't want to run (emails, data xfers, etc.). adly, there aren't enough of me to go around... -- On Sun, 2/5/12, Mohd Rizwan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mohd Rizwan <[email protected]> ubject: Mainframe Testing o: [email protected] ate: Sunday, February 5, 2012, 11:47 PM Hi Friends, Can anybody tell me about Mainframe testing, what are the tools are used or Mainframe system testing -- Mohd Rizwan 538451750* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- or IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, end email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- or IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, end email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
