Version 9.6
 —  Installation under z/OS  —

Verifying the z/OS Installation

Once you have installed the EntireX Broker and EntireX Developer's Kit, you can verify that the installation was successful.

This document covers the following topics:


Testing the EntireX Broker Interface Installation

Start of instruction set To test the EntireX Broker Interface installation

  1. Start EntireX Broker. See Setting up Broker Instances in the z/OS administration documentation.

  2. Run the example programs:

The execution JCL for the example programs is located in the EXX960.JOBS library in members BCOSJCL and BCOCJCL. Modify the JCL for your installation, and submit job BCOSJCL first, followed by job BCOCJCL.

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 will be written to SYSPRINT.

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Verify the Installation of the EntireX RPC Server

The installation can be verified by running the EXAMPLE program provided with EntireX Developer's Kit on the PC, located in the EntireX directory under Examples/Broker RPC/Client/.

This verification requires that the Broker is up and running and the RPC server has been started. See Setting up Broker Instances in the z/OS administration documentation and, depending on the RPC server,

For example, if you are using the CClient, enter the command

Client ETB001 RPC SRV1 CALLNAT
where ETB001 is the Broker ID of the server
RPC, SRV1, and CALLNAT are the Broker CLASS, SERVER NAME, and SERVICE being offered

the selection panel is displayed:

CMD        Function
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C          RPC CALC function
S          RPC SQUARE function
I          Ping the running RPC server
T          Terminate the running RPC server
.          Exit
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Please select:

Choose option C (RPC CALC function), where you should receive the response:

Calling CALC: 12345 + 67890 = 80235.

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