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CICS Transaction Gateway Live Invocation Step

Use this step to make a real CTG call to a real server in the context of a virtualized CTG service. The step is typically created by recording and virtualizing some form of CTG traffic. It performs the real request based on the current VSE request in use.

Complete the following fields as described:

Target server

Enter the name or IP address of the target host where the CTG server runs.

Target port

Enter the number of the port on which the CTG server listens.

Initiate SSL to the target server

If selected, sends SSL (Secure Socket Layer) request to the server.

SSL keystore file

Specifies the name of the keystore file.

Keystore password

Specifies the password associated with the specified keystore file.

Format step response as XML

The VSE framework expects Respond steps to accept one of the following:

Note: If this check box is cleared, the step produces a list of response objects. The step produces the list, even if it contains only one response.

Default: The step response is formatted as XML.

VSE Lookup Step

For a live invocation step to support failover execution mode, it must know the step that is used to look up VSE responses so that it can redirect the VS model to the correct step when necessary. This field contains a list of steps in the VS model. Select the standard VSE Response Lookup step. That allows the live invocation step to move to the VSE response lookup step when necessary.

If Environment Error

Specifies the action to take or the step to go to if the test fails because of an environment error.

Default: Abort the test.