Automating a mainframe application maintained on UNIX server

Aaru · Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:52 pm

Hi All,

We are currently working on with a feasibility study on automating an application which is using UNIKIX 8.0.1 /COBOL.
It is basically a mainframe application maintained on a UNIX server.

We would like to know if this can be automated using QTP, ACCORD, etc...

Could you please give us some pointers on this?

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:36 pm

Hello,

My brain is on slow today

If this is an online system (unikix), what might be automated? Startup, shutdown, etc?

When i was a unix sysadmin, we used cron for a few system support processes and CA-Unicenter to schedule application proceses.

I'm not familiar qith qtp or accord.

Aaru · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:38 am

Thanks Dick for your response.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:33 pm

Hi Aaru,

You're welcome - good luck

d

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 2:36 pm

QTP is a Windows desktop application. It cannot be installed or executed on Unix OS.

If your requirement is to execute Unix commands and retrieve textual output (not to test a Linux applicaion GUI), then it is possible to connect to a Unix machine via a console or terminal emulator as users do in daily use.

You may raise this concern in AdvancedQTP Forums for better help.

Aaru · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:42 pm

Thanks a lot Anuj for the details.

Yeah, also got to know that QTP cannot be used with UNIKIX. You have also confirmed that.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 2:52 pm

Hi Aaru,

Aaru · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:59 pm

Thanks Anuj.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:36 pm

You're welcome

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