Mainframe CICS program Virtualization

[venugopal komarneni]

Hi,

I am trying to  record CICS transactions for couple of  programs using devtest workstation as part of Virtualization for mainframe application. 

 

Requirement I have from client...

1) protocol : CICS

2) need to eliminate CICS program  

 

Solution I am looking for:

1) what are the prerequisites. 
2) LPAR Agent need to install 
3) how to install (step by step guidance)

Thanks,
Venu

[Vaibhav Jain]

Hi Venu,

To allow recording of CICS transactions, DevTest has a mainframe bridge(can be configured in client & server modes) which is a part of the registry. You will need 2 agents 
1. LPAR ( provides a single point of contact to all of the CICS agents)
2. CICS ( z/OS CICS resident agent that provides functions to support the VSE)

CICS Installation Instructions:
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/continuous-testing/devtest-solutions/10-5/agents/devtest-cics-agent/install-the-cics-agent.html

LPAR Installation Instructions:
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/continuous-testing/devtest-solutions/10-5/agents/devtest-lpar-agent/install-the-lpar-agent.html

For MQs (webspehere mq 8-9), following are the jars to be copied in Hotdeploy folder

WebSphere MQ 8 and 9

The following JAR files are required for WebSphere MQ 8 and 9:

• com.ibm.mq.allclient.jar
• com.ibm.mq.commonservices.jar

Alternately, you can use the following JAR files:

• com.ibm.mq.commonservices.jar
• com.ibm.mq.headers.jar
• com.ibm.mq.jar
• com.ibm.mq.jmqi.jar
• com.ibm.mq.pcf.jar
• com.ibm.mqjms.jar

In addition, if you are using WebSphere MQ in JMS mode, the javax.jms-api-2.0.jar file is required.

Thanks.
Vaibhav J

[venugopal komarneni]

Thanks Vaibhav..

[Premalatha Gadde]

If you don't have the LPAR libraries, please open a support ticket and request them.

[venugopal komarneni]

Thanks Premalatha.. as suggested I will submit support ticket.