MSO/CICS Installation Testing

Testing Basic Functionality

1. Start CICS and MSO. Check their log files to ensure normal startup.
2. Run the MSO transaction. You should get message MSO13239, followed by the FOCUS Terminal Operator Environment Screen. Message MSO13029 should appear in the MSO log.
3. Run a few commands in FOCUS to ensure the session is behaving properly, and then issue FIN to end the session.
4. Verify that the message 13028 appears in the MSO log and that MSO13300 appears on your CICS terminal.
5. Run MSO again, to ensure communication restarts properly.
6. Run MSO from a second terminal, to ensure multiple sessions can be run concurrently.
7. Run MSMT.
8. Bring down CICS and MSO; to ensure both can come down without any problem.

Testing Attention Key Support

1. As described in Operations, enable XZCATT and run transaction MTOR.
2. Start an MSO session.
3. Start a long-running TABLE request.
4. Press Attention while the request is running, then press Enter to resume the request and ensure the table completes normally.
5. Run two more TABLE requests, trying the KX and HX options at the Attention prompt.
6. Press Attention during a terminal read and confirm that it is ignored.

Testing PLT Functions

1. If using Attention Key support, enable the XZCATT exit and (if using MRO) run MTOR from the PLT.
2. Run MSO. Make sure Attention Key support works if you are using it.
3. Stop CICS and ensure MSOPLT runs so CICS comes down cleanly.