Improve DB2 z/OS Test Data Management
- 1. TestBase
- 2. TestBase Test Data Management Solution
- 4. SoftBase Company Background One of the oldest independent DB2 tool companies in the world (since 1987) Top-rated Dun & Bradstreet™ small business – consistent lowest-risk rating Average Employee Tenure: 8 years (from Platinum, BMC, Quest, IBM, etc…) Partnered with Key Industry Companies (IBM, Macro 4, etc…) Profitable every year of our existence, huge annual R&D reinvestments (1 patent, 3 pending) 24x7x365 global technical (phone, web, email) Corporate headquarters in the beautiful North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains
- 5. SoftBase SoftBase is Industry-Established International DB2 Users Group Conference Participant 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 IBM DB2 Technical Conference/IOD Participant Member 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 IDUG Europe Participant 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 IDUG Canada Participant Partner 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Founded in 1987, this is our 23nd Anniversary!
- 6. TestBase Test Data Management Testing Challenges/Issues Current Test Data Practices TestBase as a Solution How TestBase is Faster, Better & Safer TestBase Demo Live Product Tour
- 7. TestBase Testing Challenges Full production test data copies dramatically reduce overall number of tests that can be run ANALYSIS DESIGN Test data quality is poor CODE Overall application quality is poor and post-production DB2 bugs occur regularly TEST Developers and QA personnel are constantly stepping on each other’s toes IMPLEMENT Confidential and sensitive data is left unsecured in the DB2 test environments ?????
- 8. TestBase Typical Test Data Management Method 1 Method 2 or
- 9. TestBase DB2 Test Data Creating DB2 test data is not easy!! ANALYSIS It must be representative of real business data to be useful. DESIGN It must contain the Referential Integrity. CODE It should be available to all developers. Must NOW comply with Data Privacy. TEST These issues force many shops to look for a solution. So what is the Solution? IMPLEMENT ?????
- 10. TestBase What is TestBase? DB2 Data Population Build DB2 test data from scratch Extract test data from production (small or large volumes) Mask to Protect sensitive production data DB2 Data Edit Menu driven SQL Modify data in DB2 tables DB2 Slice & Compare Simultaneous testing in one set of DB2 tables Regression testing Test Data Versioning
- 11. TestBase Why TestBase? Only TestBase Can Provide Full Relational Support of DB2 for z/OS, VSAM, QSAM, and DB2 for LUW Integrated Data Movement, Generation, Privacy, Editing, & Comparing Single-Step Data Movement Test Environment Sharing (Slice) Mandatory Masking Auditor Privacy Reports
- 12. TestBase Test Data Using TestBase
- 13. TestBase TestBase Solution 1 Test Faster Quickly extract realistic and manageable sets of RI related data Automate most common test data generation tasks Generate test data from scratch Retrieve and refresh our own test data whenever you like Test together and independently (vs. One Developer At A Time)
- 14. TestBase TestBase Solution 2 Test Better Run more tests with better data Extraction rules and RI relationships established once Everyone at your company will have great test data! TestBase Compare Report quickly validates that changes worked correctly TestBase also can provide you with powerful regression Compare Report that proves that nothing was accidentally broken in the DB2 application
- 15. TestBase TestBase Solution 3 DB2 DB2 Test Safer QSAM z/OS VSAM LUW -The Data Privacy Solution Production Employee Table Remove and replace ALL confidential and SSN 349445555 Salary 24,800 sensitive test data from your testing environments Database Administers and Corporate Security Officers can carefully plan out and Test Employee Table SSN Salary then deploy a Data Privacy solution 123456789 99,999 TestBase Auditor reports confirm that IT has done its job successfully Audit Report
- 16. TestBase Managing Test Data Demand Source (production) DB2 Full Data Volumes Every Project Team Wants Their Own Copy of Production Data Full Size Full Size Full Size User 1 User 2 User 3 User 1 User 2 User 3 User 1 User 2 User 3 Edit/Modify Test Data Edit/Modify Test Data Edit/Modify Test Data
- 17. TestBase TestBase Architecture: 3 Scenarios Source (production) DB2 DB2 Full Data Volumes QSAM VSAM z/OS LUW Mandatory Masking - Remove & Replace Confidential/Sensitive Data Register Referential Register Referential Integrity and Subset Integrity and Subset Slice Test Data Secure Secure Secure Subset “sliced” Full Size subset User 1 User 2 User 3 User 1 User 2 User 3 User 1 User 2 User 3 Edit/Modify Test Data Edit/Modify Test Data Edit/Modify Test Data
- 18. TestBase TestBase SLICE Fundamentals Unit testing demands tester independence Testers must be able to retrieve and refresh test data without affecting each others results TestBase Slices must support different DB2 and legacy data types and represent different periods in time
- 27. TestBase Data SLICE In-Time Unit Testing 2 or 3 days QA Testing
- 28. TestBase TestBase Review Source (production) DB2 DB2 Full Data Volumes QSAM VSAM z/OS LUW Mandatory Masking - Remove & Replace Confidential/Sensitive Data Register Referential Register Referential Integrity and Subset Integrity and Subset Slice Test Data Secure Secure Secure Subset “sliced” Full Size subset User 1 User 2 User 3 User 1 User 2 User 3 User 1 User 2 User 3 Edit/Modify Test Data Edit/Modify Test Data Edit/Modify Test Data
- 29. TestBase What TestBase Can Do QSAM DB2 VSAM Eliminate Full Copies by Extracting, Subsetting and Moving ALL DB2 RI data anywhere within your Remove/Replace Remove/Replace Confidential Data Confidential Data organization Mask ALL confidential and sensitive data before it Extract/Register Referential Integrity reaches the test environments Slice Test Data Permit multiple applications to access the same data via SLICE – Eliminating multiple test environments of Full Volume data Virtually eliminate the time DBAs spend generating and User 1 User 2 User 3 synchronizing test data
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