BMC Compuware Hiperstation vs SymDump comparison

Hiperstation provides automated functional testing capabilities that help DevOps teams reduce time-consuming, manual steps and ensure mainframe applications are thoroughly tested to safeguard superior performance, reliability and security.

Hiperstation enables developers to:

• Create automated, consistent, repeatable regression and performance tests representing application business requirements.
• Conduct pre-production performance testing for applications and systems software.
• Analyze test results in which all application response differences are identified.
• Thoroughly document mainframe application testing results.
• Simulate server application responses during a user interface test.
• Test changes to the operating system, language environment or subsystems.
• Test application changes without the user interface.

CA SymDump Batch helps you identify and resolve mainframe batch dumps as quickly as possible, promoting increased application stability and reliability.

It provides comprehensive diagnostic information for batch abnormal endings (ABENDs) in the testing and production environments. It generates concise reports to help find and fix application failures in mainframe batch programs before they interfere with your development schedule or affect application performance.

CA SymDump Batch not only provides reports on program failures, but also offers insights into the root cause of the problem along with a suggested course of action. You get the information needed for a swift, informed response that can increase application reliability and help you consistently meet your SLAs.

CA SymDump Batch offers intelligent support for a variety of mainframe databases, comprehensive reporting and other capabilities to enable your enterprise to:

• Quickly trace the flow of unfamiliar code to pinpoint performance problems.
• Debug programs before and during production.