Verifying the z/OS Installation

Once you have installed EntireX, you can verify the installation of the following components.

EntireX Broker

Start of instruction setTo test the EntireX Broker installation

  1. Start EntireX Broker. See Starting and Stopping the Broker in the z/OS Administration documentation.

  2. Run the example programs:

    • BCOS is the example server program

    • BCOC is the example client program

    See Sample Programs for Client (BCOC) and Server (BCOS).

Sample Programs for Client (BCOC) and Server (BCOS)

The programs BCOC and BCOS are client and server programs provided for test purposes. They are delivered as load modules in EXX103.LOAD.

The execution JCL for the example programs is located in the EXX103.JOBS library in members EXXBCOS and EXXBCOC. Modify the JCL for your installation, and submit job EXXBCOS first, followed by job EXXBCOC.

A single message will be sent by program BCOC and then received by program BCOS. Both jobs should return a zero condition code. The output from each job is written to SYSPRINT.

BCOC Parameters

Parameter Description ACI Field
-alocale locale_string,environment LOCALE-STRING, ENVIRONMENT
-bbroker_id Broker ID (same as the database ID). This is an EntireX Broker configuration parameter. Example:
BCOC -bETB045		 BROKER-ID
-cclass Server class (part of the server definition). Default is ACLASS. Value must be configured in the Broker Attributes. Together with server and service it forms the fully qualified server name. SERVER-CLASS
-ginput_file_name Use a file as send buffer.  
-h Display usage information.  
-inum_messages[,num_uows] If num_uows is not specified, the number of messages sent. If num_uows is specified, the number of UOWs and messages therein sent. Example:
bcoc -i10 		 
-jreply_error Test REPLY-ERROR.  
-kconversation_flag Using conversational mode.  
-l Silent mode. Suppress output.  
-ntoken Specify the security token, if desired. TOKEN
-pmessage_size The size, in bytes, of the packets that will be transmitted. Used to specify send and receive length in the broker API. Example:
BCOC -p10000		  
-rcompress Compression level. Values: N|Y|0-9. COMPRESSLEVEL
-sserver Name of server. Default is ASERVER. Value must be configured in Broker Attributes. Together with class and service it forms the fully qualified server name. SERVER-NAME
-twait_time Set the wait time. WAIT
-uuser_id User ID. With a secure broker, this will be used to perform authentication. USER-ID
-vservice Name of service (part of the server definition). The default is ASERVICE. Value must be configured in Broker Attributes. Together with class and server it forms the fully qualified server name. SERVER-NAME
-wpassword Password. With a secure broker, this will be used to perform authentication. PASSWORD
-ysleep_time Delay between messages in seconds.  
-zstore[uwstatp[,uowtime]] Test unit of work.  
-1..12 By default, if omitted, the highest possible API version is used. Note that if you specify the API version, certain features might depend on a minimum API version. API-VERSION

BCOS Parameters

Most BCOC parameters apply to BCOS, too. The following table lists additional parameters or parameters that have a different meaning.

Parameter Description ACI Field
-goutput-file-name Name of output file for receive buffer (if not running in silent mode).  
-inum_messages[,num_uows] If num_uows is not specified, the number of messages accepted. If num_uows is specified, the number of UOWs and messages therein that are accepted before deregistration.
Example: bcos -i10		  
-iunit_of_work_flag Test unit of work.  

RPC Server for CICS

The installation can be verified by running an example program provided for z/OS. The delivered COBOL and PL/I examples need to be installed separately (either COBOL or PL/I examples). See Extracting the EntireX RPC Examples from their Container Data Set.

See also:

  • Client and Server Examples for z/OS CICS (COBOL | PL/I) in the respective Wrapper documentation

  • Starting the RPC Server in the RPC Server for CICS documentation

RPC Server for Batch

The installation can be verified by running an example program provided for z/OS. The delivered COBOL and PL/I examples need to be installed separately (either COBOL or PL/I examples or both). See Extracting the EntireX RPC Examples from their Container Data Set.

See also:

  • Client and Server Examples for z/OS Batch (COBOL | PL/I) in the respective Wrapper documentation

  • Starting the RPC Server in the RPC Server for Batch documentation

RPC Server for IMS

The installation can be verified by running an example program provided for z/OS. The delivered COBOL and PL/I examples need to be installed separately (either COBOL or PL/I examples or both). See Extracting the EntireX RPC Examples from their Container Data Set.

See also: