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| scottLR |
 Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:27 am Post subject: Simulation of mainframe to/from MQ Manager |
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| I am a load tester and have been tasked with finding a way to load test an environment with a MQ server that has no access to a mainframe. In a nutshell, I need the Application to make MQ calls, and the MQ manager (instead of calling a mainframe) to call a simulated mainframe........ Does anyone know of an application that would simulate this to and from the MQ manager? Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Do they still make LoadRunner?
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Google around some there are some MF emulators out there.
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| zpat |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:56 am Post subject: |
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| How does a queue manager "call" a mainframe exactly? |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:04 am Post subject: |
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| zpat wrote: |
| How does a queue manager "call" a mainframe exactly? |
We can charitably assume the OP means a request / reply exchange over WMQ and previous performance testing duties have not involved WMQ to any great extent, leading to a loose use of terminology. Perhaps a SOAP over JMS web service call is what is meant, being a specific case of such an exchange and a plausible source of the errant term.
Of course, if the solution being tested involves a modified queue manager exit making RPC calls into mainframe code then that's a rather different matter.
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| zpat |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| In which case anything that responds can simulate this "mainframe"! |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| zpat wrote: |
| In which case anything that responds can simulate this "mainframe"! |
Exactly. LoadRunner used to be good at this sort of thing.
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Vitor wrote: |
| zpat wrote: |
| In which case anything that responds can simulate this "mainframe"! |
Exactly. LoadRunner used to be good at this sort of thing. |
And, it still exists!
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| bruce2359 wrote: |
| Vitor wrote: |
| zpat wrote: |
| In which case anything that responds can simulate this "mainframe"! |
Exactly. LoadRunner used to be good at this sort of thing. |
And, it still exists! |
I liked LoadRunner. Not used it personally or seen it used in ages, but I liked it.
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| zpat |
| Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 6:42 am Post subject: |
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A WMB flow can easily act as a responder. Otherwise a simple application in any MQI language.
Probably even use the Q program (MA01) inside a small script.
Check out IH03 for some simple testing tools. |
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