The APPC agent allows you to virtualize APPC transaction programs. The agent is an APPC CPI-C API-based Java program that acts as a proxy between the APPC client and server programs. The agent forwards the messages that an APPC client sends to an APPC server and conversely.
You can configure the agent to virtualize a transaction program that an APPC CPI-C destination name defines. You can use the agent with a VSE recorder to record the requests and responses that are exchanged between the APPC client and server transaction program. In the recording mode, it communicates with the live client and server and records all the messages that are exchanged. The agent creates an APPC virtual service you can deploy to VSE.
In the playback mode, when you deploy the recorded APPC virtual service, the live client continues to communicate with the APPC agent. The responses come from the APPC virtual service running in VSE instead of from the live server. If recording or playback is not in progress, the agent acts in pass-through mode. In pass-through mode, the agent simply forwards the messages between the APPC client and server.
The APPC agent has the following limitations:
To get started with the APPC protocol:
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