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Validate a Configuration

Before you implement a configuration, you have the option to validate (or test) it. Validation verifies access to resources that are going to be utilized when you implement the configuration.

You can only validate configurations with a status of Build completed, Validated, Validation error, or Implementation error.

Note: While validation of a configuration is in progress, refrain from using the data sets specified by the configuration that are outside of CA CSM. This helps avoid data set contention and the errors associated with it.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Configurations tab and locate the configuration you want to validate.
2. Click the Actions drop-down list to the right of the configuration, and select Validate.

   Note: If the target deployment resources associated with this configuration changed after the product was deployed, a warning dialog appears. This dialog displays the changed deployment resources for you to confirm that you want to continue.

   The Validate Configuration dialog opens. This dialog contains information about the current status, and a table of operations containing the following columns:

   Step

   Contains a linked description of the operation to be validated in this step. Clicking the link opens a separate dialog that provides information about the actions associated with this step.

   Mode

   Indicates if this step will be performed by CA CSM or you.

   Auto

   An automatic step is a step that CA CSM performs automatically. This designation is either predefined by the product you are configuring, or may be set by you.

   Note: You can change the mode of automatic steps so that they are not performed by CA CSM. Then, you will have to perform them manually outside of CA CSM.

   Manual

   A manual step is a step that CA CSM expects you to perform manually. This designation is either predefined by the product you are configuring, or may be set by you.

   Note: You can change the mode of manual steps so that they are automatically performed by CA CSM.

   External

   An external step is a step that you must perform manually outside of CA CSM, and this designation is predefined by the product you are configuring.

   Note: You cannot change the mode of external steps; they cannot be performed automatically by CA CSM.

   Status

   Contains the status of the step:

   Waiting on Prereqs

   This step is waiting for prerequisites to complete.

   Ready

   The step is not validating, but is eligible to be validated. There are no prerequisites, and it will validate as soon as the SCS address space becomes available.

   Validating

   This step is currently being validated by CA CSM.

   Completed

   This step was validated by CA CSM and is completed.

   Failed

   This step was supposed to be validated by CA CSM but failed.

   Text

   Contains an icon that you can click to see details about the processing associated with this step. If this is a manual step, you can use this information to perform the step manually.

   Prereqs

   Contains an icon if this step has prerequisites. Hold the mouse over the icon to see details about the prerequisites.

3. Use the following buttons to control the validation process:

   Refresh

   Updates the status that appears on this dialog as necessary. Although the display is updated automatically, this button lets you update manually.

   Hide

   Closes the Validate Configuration dialog without stopping the validation process. The process continues in the background and can be accessed from the Tasks page.

   Export

   Lets you export the details of this validation to a TXT file or data set.

   The validation process is started and continues until it has successfully completed or fails.

   • If a step fails, you can click it to see more information.
   • The steps in this dialog automatically update as operation data changes.

   When the validation is completed, a message appears confirming that the validation succeeded or failed.