3270 Unattended Processing (VTAM)

Performance Test for VTAM offers unattended playback, dubbing, and comparison for batch testing 3270 and LU0 applications. These functions require unattended processing statements and JCL to run the unattended statements. Performance Test for VTAM also offers a facility that generates these statements and the necessary JCL for you.

This section explains how to use Unattended Processing to generate the CONTROL, GROUP, SCRIPT, COMPARE, COMPANY, DUBTITLE, CACHEINCL, and CACHEXCL statements.

It also explains how to build the JCL necessary for running the unattended mode statements. Unattended-Playback-Dubbing-and-Comparison-for-3270-and-LU0-Scripts-VTAM explains how to run an unattended mode function, describes unattended mode statements, and provides JCL examples for common unattended testing functions.

Tip

If you are licensed for Performance Test for Mainframe Servers you can also generate APPC statements from the Unattended Processing Facility in Performance Test for Mainframe Servers and append APPC statements to previously generated 3270 statements or vice versa. For detailed information on generating APPC statements, refer to the Performance-Test-for-Mainframe-Servers-User-Guide.

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