Testing with IMS Connect

For testing with IBM® Information Management System (IMS) Connect, you can set up Rational® Integration Tester. The set up will help you to record the IMS Connect traffic.

Rational® Integration Tester supports IMS Connect with IBM® IMS 12-14 by using the Java API included in IBM IMS Enterprise Suite 2.1, 3.1, or 3.2.

You can record and test IBM® IMS type 1 and type 2 messages:

  • Type 1 messages are generated from applications deployed on IBM® WebSphere® Application Server (8.0 and later) that are configured with the IBM® IMS Transaction Manager Resource Adapter (12-14 are supported).

  • Type 2 messages are generated from user-written applications that use IBM® IMS Enterprise Suite Connect API (C and Java, 2.1, 2.2, and 3.1 are supported). An IMS Connect configuration handles IMS protocol communications from a DataPower® service to IMS applications. If you plan to use a DataPower® service to connect to an IMS application, you must set the Expect LLLL Response Header option to off. Otherwise, Rational® Integration Tester cannot record the IMS Connect traffic.

Task Flow for testing with IMS Connect

You can complete the following tasks as part of testing the IMS Connect transport in Rational® Integration Tester.

Task More Information
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On your Windows or Linux system, you must configure JAR files to support transports for IBM® IMS Connect.

Prerequisites for creating IMS Connect transports
2

To record interactions with IBM IMS systems, you must set up transports to provide information about the infrastructure of these systems.

Creating the IMS Connect transport
3 Configure the IMS Connect messages that you want to test. Configuring IMS Connect messages
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You can set up Rational® Integration Tester to record the IMS Connect traffic.

Configuring Rational Integration Tester for recording IMS Connect traffic
5 You can set up Rational® Integration Tester to virtualize the IMS Connect traffic. Configuring Rational Integration Tester for virtualizing IMS Connect traffic