Pre-Con Ed: CA Testing Tools Educational Session (Part 1 of 3): Learn, Engage and Grow your Mainframe Testing Toolset with CA File Master Plus

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Learn,EngageandGrowYourMainframeTestingToolsetwithCAFileMaster™ PlusMichaelDuBoisVP,ProductManagement

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Abstract

Learn,engageandgrowwiththeCATestingToolscommunityofpractitioners.Inthiseducationalsession,wewillcoverthelatestupdatestotheCAFileMasterPlusproduct,aswellascommonusecasesthataresurfacingacrossourSprintReviewsthatarehelpingouruserssavetime,savemoneyandbecomemoreproductivetodeliverhigh-qualitymainframeapplications.

MichaelDuBoisCATechnologiesVP,ProductManagement


Agenda

MAINFRAMEDEVOPSSTRATEGY

CAFILEMASTERPLUSPRODUCTOVERVIEW

QUESTIONS?

TECHNOLOGYANDARCHITECTUREGOALS

PRODUCTROADMAP

WHAT’SNEWINRELEASE10?

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MainframeDevOpsStrategy


Development Deployment&OperationalTesting

ChallengestoDeliveringInnovations…Continuously

Developers ReleaseTeam

Operations

TESTBUILD DEPLOY

Testers

OPERATE

DeploytoProduction

CulturalBarriers,

LargeCodeMonoliths

ConstrainedEnvironments

TestEnvironmentProvisioningChallenges

ManualTestingandScripting

IncompleteTestCasesandData

Cross-EnterpriseDelivery,

CoordinationandVisibility

LackofIntegratedToolsets

IDLETIME DELAYS

Code/Integrate/Build

Functional&UATesting

PerformanceTestingdefect

RE-WORK

defect defect

DELAYS DELAYS

RE-WORK


IntroducingMainframeDevOpsSolutionCAoffersSolutionsin4keyareastofosterprinciplesofAgileandDevOps

ContinuousMonitoringContinuousTestingAgileDevelopment ContinuousDeliveryDevelopandmaintainmainframeapplicationswithagileandmodernmethodologies,toolsetsandcodinglanguages

TESTEarly&Often

DEVELOPSwiftly

DEPLOYReliably

OPERATEEfficiently

ContinuousFeedbackLoop

Reducetestcycletimesandcostsofmainframetestingforbettertimetomarketandmainframeeconomics

Removethebarrierstobusinessagilityonthemainframe,withautomationtoreducetimetomarketandmanageskillsgaps

UnifymonitoringandperformancemanagementacrossmobileandmainframeteamsforbetterMTTRandlowerskillscosts


ProductOverview


ProductOverview

§ CAFileMasterPlushelpsapplicationprogrammerswithdatamanagementbysimplifyingthedata-relatedactivitiestheyperformeveryday.

§ CAFileMasterPlussupportsz/OSdata(VSAM,SequentialFiles,PartitionedDataSets),IMSandDB2forz/OSdata.

§ DatamanagementisavailablefromTSO/ISPF,inbatchorfromamodernEclipse-baseduserinterfacedeliveredaseitherastandalone(RCP)applicationorasaplug-intoEclipseorEclipse-basedIDEs.

§ Easydatamappingandpowerfuldatafilteringenablescustomizeddataviewsforeasyproblemresolution.

WhatIsCAFileMasterPlus?

DataManagement

for theApplicationLifecycle

CreateTestData

RepairCorrupted

Data

AuditAnd

Compliance

ManagementReports


§ ApplicationDevelopers§ SystemsProgrammers§ DatabaseAdministrators

ProductOverviewCAFileMasterPlus

BusinessProblemsAddressed KeyCapabilitiesPersonas

§ ApplicationQuality§ ContinuousAvailabilityof

ProductionData§ AuditandCompliance§ ManagementReporting§ MainframeSkillsShortage

§ Robustproductiondataediting§ Filecopy,compare,print,

search,update,andreformat§ VTOC,PDSandVSAMUtilities§ Loadlibraryreporting§ XMLgeneration§ Databaseextract/reload§ Testdatageneration§ TraditionalISPForModern

EclipseUserInterface


TechnologyandArchitectureGoals


TechnologyandProductArchitectureGoalsCAFileMasterPlus

TechnologyGoals

§ Currency&exploitation– z/OS,IMSandDB2forz/OS§ SimplifyandModernize§ Improvecompetitivenessviaintegrationandideation§ Expandtonewplatformsanddatasources

ProductArchitecture

Goals

§ Simplifyinstallation,deploymentandconfiguration§ Improveproductperformance§ IntegratewithotherCAsolutions§ EnhanceEclipseUIs


What’sNewInRelease10?



§ StreamlinedInstallation– SinglePAXfiledeliversallthreeCAFileMasterPlusproducts

§ AlsoincludesonecommonFMIDfortheEclipseRCPandplug-ins– Installonceintocommontargetanddistributionlibraries

§ Optionstillexiststoinstallseparatelyifnecessary– CommonconfigurationanddeploymentusingCACSM– Easiermaintenance– fewerartifactstomanage– Savesprecioustimeandreducesduplicateeffort!– Productlicensingremainsunchanged



§ CombinedEclipseRCP– OnecommonEclipse-basedgraphicalUIwiththreeseparate

perspectives§ CAFileMasterPlusformanagingz/OSdata§ CAFileMasterPlusforIMSformanagingIMSdata§ CAFileMasterPlusforDB2forz/OSformanagingDB2data

– Oneinstallation,onedesktopicon,oneapplication– Useallthreeperspectivesatonce– Hostcommunicationusingonecommonserver– Productlicensingremainsunchanged






§ IntegrationwithStandarware COPEforIMS– CAFileMasterPlusforIMSV10supportsthefollowingIMSdata

operationsinStandardware COPEvirtualizedenvironments:§ Browse§ Edit§ Print§ Read§ Update§ Extract§ Reload



§ AutomaticIMSEditSessionTimeout– ProtectsagainsttheadverseeffectsofabandonedIMSeditsessions

underTSO/ISPF– InitiatesautomaticsessiontimeoutjustbeforetheTSOtimesout– GracefullyterminatestheIMSconnectionandexitsthesession– Uncommittedchangesarediscarded– AvoidsproblemswiththeIMScontrolregion



§ SavingandRestoringDynamicSelectionCriteria– SupportedbyCAFileMasterPlusunderISPF– NewCREATEandREPLACEprimarycommandswritesselectiondata

fromthedynamicareatothedefaultSelectionCriteriaParm File(fromoption0.3)§ Option1- Browse§ Option2- Edit§ Option3.3- Copy§ Option3.8- Search§ Option3.9- Update§ Option3.10- Compare§ Option3.11- Reformat§ Option4- Print



§ OnlineLOADINFOReporting– Reportingwaspreviouslyavailableonlyinbatch– Newutilitymenuoption3.13– Fullsupportforexistingreportingcapabilities

§ LoadModuleMaporCSECTcross-reference§ Include/ExcludeforModulesorCSECTs

– EasilysaveLOADINFOreportspermanently– Supportsallstandardgenerationmodes

§ O- Onlineexecutionandviewing§ E– EditJCL§ S- Submitjob




§ OnlineVOLINFO(VTOCExtentMapping)Reporting– Reportingwaspreviouslyavailableonlyinbatch– Newutilitymenuoption3.14– Fullsupportforexistingreportingcapabilities

§ Volumeinformation§ Volumeandextentinformation§ Freespacemap

– EasilysaveVOLINFOreportspermanently– Supportsallstandardgenerationmodes

§ O- Onlineexecutionandviewing§ E– EditJCL§ S- Submitjob




§ XMLGeneration– Newbatchutilityenablesexportofz/OSdatatootherplatformsand

applications§ V10deliversthisasabatchutility(JCLonly,noISPFinterface)

– Supportsz/OSinputdatatypes§ VSAM§ SequentialFilesorPartitionedDataSetMembers

– Usesstandardlayouts§ COBOLorPL/Icopymembers§ CustomRecordLayouts




§ SegmentedRecordMapping– Layoutmappingforbrowsingrecordscomprisedofoneormore

smallersegments§ Additionalcapabilitieswillfollowincludingedit,print,selectioncriteria,etc.

– UsesanextensiontotheCustomRecordLayoutfeature§ Defineeachsegmenttypeasacustomlayout§ Buildsegmentedrecordslayoutsfromsmallersegmentlayouts

– Eachindividualrecordmaybeuniquelymapped– Veryflexible- segmenttypes,lengthsandrepeatcountscanbedefined

§ Byfieldswithinthesegment§ Byfieldswithinthebasesegment§ Bytheprevioussegment




§ IntegrationwithCATestDataManager– Enableseasier,moreautomatedmaskingofIMSdata

§ NologgingontoTSO§ Nomanualuploadingordownloadingofartifacts§ NoeditingorsubmittingJCL

– NewRESTfulAPItoaccessCAFileMasterPlusservices§ Deliveredasacommonservice

– UserinterfacemodificationstoCATestDataManager§ Oneuserinterfacefordatamasking



§ TechnicalCurrency– IMS14– EclipseMars– RDz 9.5andIDz 14.0– 64-bitplug-ins


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