Running a simulation build

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If your project area and team role have the necessary permission, you can run simulation builds from the build menu of a dependency build definition

Before you begin

To run simulation builds, you must have a Developer for IBM® Enterprise Platforms client access license.
The build definition template for your build must be either the IBM i Dependency Build - Rational Build Agent or the z/OS Dependency Build - Rational Build Agent them. Also, the Trust build outputs check box must be selected.

About this task

A simulation build generates the build metadata that is required for future dependency builds. Simulation builds do not build or compile source files. Use simulation builds judiciously because simulation build results and build maps affect later team builds.

Procedure

In the Team Artifacts view, expand the project folder.
Expand the Builds folder and locate the build name in the list.
Right-click the build name and click Request Build.
On the Request Build page, expand Dependency Build Options, and select Simulation build.
If you want the simulation build processing to verify that all of the associated binary files are in the file system at the expected location, select Verify build outputs.
The verification process adds an extra parameter, binaryExists, to the simulation build registry, simulationRegistry.xml. The parameter indicates whether each expected file is present.
Click Submit.

What to do next

Viewing simulation build status and results

Note: Database reorg and runstats

This is a normal database administration task to be completed by a DBA. Whenever a large amount of data is added to a database, a reorg needs to be run and statistics (runstats) needs to be executed against the database tables. Running these commands (in Db2) ensures optimal performance to be realized when accessing the database. Refer to other supported DBMS (such as Oracle) user manuals for equivalent commands.