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Quality Data Collection for z/TPF (zQDC)

&zDump Viewer

TPFUG – Spring Conference (2013)

Atlanta

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zTPFGI Suite Overview

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zTPFGI SuiteIntegrated IDE

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zTPFGI SuiteGraphical Debugger

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zTPFGI SuitePerformance Analyzer

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zTPFGI SuiteDF Explorer

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zTPFGI Suite

System

Resource

Automation

User

Resource Manager

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zTPFGI SuiteRegression Test System

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zTPFGI SuiteConnectivity Manager

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Intoducing Two New Products:

Dump ViewerQuality Assurance Tool

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zQDC

Quality Data Collection

zVM z/TPF

CFG Server

LOG ServerInput

Scripts from

Resources

zQDCConfi

g Files

SCRIPT/PGM RELATIONSHIP

DATABASE

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QUALITY GROUP / QUALITY ANALYSTS

WHAT ARE THEY DEALING WITH ON DAILY BASIS?

QA Group

RUN 100s OR 1000s

OF SCRIPTS

ON TIME COMPLETIO

N

INFRA-STRUCTUR

E

HUMAN RESOURCE

CPU Consumpti

on COMMON CHALLENGES

• HOW TO CHOOSE AND RUN ONLY SCRIPTS WHICH ARE RELEVANT

• HOW TO SAVE CPU CONSUMPTION• HOW TO SAVE TIME• HOW TO EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE THE

RESOURCES

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HOW TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES?

REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SCRIPTS WITHOUT COMPROMISING QUALITY

REDUCES INFRASTRUCTURE

REDUCES CPU UTILIZATION

REDUCE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

SCRIPTS0

200

400

600

800

1000

INF0

5

10

CPU0

50

100

RES0

2

4

6

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HOW TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SCRIPTS TO RUN?

INPUT SCRIPTS zTPF/zQDC SCRIPT/PGM RELATIONSHIP DB

SCRIPT/PGM RELATIONSHIP DB

CROSS REF DB CONVERTER PGM/SCRIPT RELATIONSHIP DB

PGMS TO BE TESTED

SCRIPTS IDENTIFIER

SCRIPTS TO RUN

PGM/SCRIPT RELATIONSHIP

DB

PHASE III – EXECUTED REGULARLY BEFORE QUALITY PROCESS INITIATED

PHASE I – KEY PHASE

PHASE II

SCRIPT/PGM RELATIONSHIP DB

PGM/SCRIPT RELATIONSHIP DB

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SELECTING WHICH SCRIPTS TO RUN

WHICH SCRIPTS TO RUN?

QA Proces

s

Scripts to Run

PGMS TO BE TESTED

PhaseIII

Reports

PGM/SCRIPT RELATIONSHIP

DB

PhaseI

REFRESH PGM/SCRIPT RELATIONSHIP DATABASE

PhaseII

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zQDC – QUALITY DATA COLLECTION

zQDC – Quality Data Collection

• Data Collection Software runs on TPF• Builds the SCRIPT/PGM RELATIONSHIP DATABASE• Can be configured to monitor resources like LNIATA, IP

ADDRESS, ASYNC etc..• Data log is saved in Repository• Requires regular re-run to keep the database up-to-date

zVM z/TPF

CFG Server

LOG ServerInput

Scripts from

Resources

zQDCConfi

g Files

SCRIPT/PGM RELATIONSHIP

DATABASE

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zQDC – BUILD SCRIPT/PROGRAM RELATIONSHIP DATABASE

INITIAL SETUP

• Configuration file – Can be configured to monitor resources like LNIATA, IP ADDRESS, ASYNC• Script Setup – Commands to Start/Stop data collection needs to be included in Scripts• Product Start – Z-commands to start/stop the zQDC session in z/TPF

DATA LOGGING

• Data logging is controlled using Z-COMMANDS in SCRIPTS• Data is logged at the SCRIPT level and sent to repository• DATA is consolidated at the end of the run and saved in CSV FORMAT

ADVANTAGES

• Assist in building PROGRAM/SCRIPT relationship database• Saves TIME, RESOURCE, CPU utilization with no QUALITY compromise• Can be integrated with any customer tool to collect the DATA – QTP, FITNESS etc..

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zQDC SAMPLE SCRIPT, CONFIGURATION FILE AND CSV FILE

Sample zQDC Configuration File

[TERM]

TITLE=CAPTURE TRANSACTIONS BY TERMINAL LEVEL

PROG=CIAA

FC.1 = R9 + 349 EQ ? <AND>

FC.2 = L1 + 123(8) + FFF(4) + ABC LE C'QDC TESTING' [R:200- 300] <XOR>

FC.3 = DTESTES0123456789 + 12B(4) + 123 GE C'TEST CASE1' [R:0- 100]

Sample Script FileZTQDC START SCRIPT-PNRCRE

A15JULJFKDFW

NN11

-KKKKK

6AAAAA

91111

ER

ZTQDC STOP SCRIPT-PNRCRE

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Planned Enhancements

Log Details at Member Level, Function level

More Asynchronous Options

More Advance features

THANK YOU SABRE – For being BETA TESTER

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zDump Viewer

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zDUMP VIEWERGUI Interface to view online application dumps in the z/TPF system

Integrated into zTPFGI suite

Makes extensive use of zTPFGI Debugger graphical framework

ZERO or Minimal learning curve

Peruse all the same areas as the Graphical ECB

Shows static data (cannot be edited)

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zDUMP VIEWER

How to Access Dumps?• zDump Viewer is now a new resource – “terminal”• Activate/Deactivate controlled by configuration file• Click and activate to get the list of online dumps• Note – Online dump logging to be turned on in the system

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zDUMP VIEWER RESOURCE

Peruse a list of online dumps in the connected system

Sort the dumps based on Timestamp, Dump Number, Time, Dump Type

Highlight the dump to view the summary information

Double-click to select dumps to view more closely

Refresh the dump list with a click

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zDUMP VIEWER GRAPHICAL WINDOW

Graphical Display of selected dumps same as Debug ECBs

View Multiple dumps at a time.

Dumps included in ECB list view

View Registers, Data Levels, DECBs & Dump summary details

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zDUMP VIEWER GRAPHICAL WINDOW

View different kinds of dump data via the tabs in the dump window

• Registers, Data Levels & DECBs

• EBW• EBX• Level• User• System• Macro Trace Back• Heap

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zDUMP VIEWER GRAPHICAL WINDOW

View core by double-clicking• Registers• Data Levels• DECBs • and more…

Search data within the coreView data in EBCDIC or ASCIIOverlay Panels on core data

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Planned Enhancements

Auto Source Fetch and Highlight Source Line

Integrate DFInsight

Save or Export dump details

More Advanced Features

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Questions

For more information, contact:

Thiru ThirupuvanamTPF Software, Inc.

information@tpfsoftware.com919-676-5501

http://tpfsoftware.comhttp://ztpfgi.comhttp://youtube.com/tpfsoftware