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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
Paul C. Castro, Harrison, NY (US);
Frederique A. Giraud, Ossining, NY (US);
Ravindranath Konuru, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Apratim Purakayastha, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Danny L. Yeh, Irvington, NY (US);
Paul C. Castro, Harrison, NY (US);
Frederique A. Giraud, Ossining, NY (US);
Ravindranath Konuru, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Apratim Purakayastha, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Danny L. Yeh, Irvington, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for testing new software slated to be deployed on a target machine population with a number of target machines having a number of existing software programs. Method steps can include obtaining a list of depending software programs on selected ones of the target machines. The list can include those of the existing software programs which depend on the new software and/or those of the existing software programs on which the new software depends. The steps can further include identifying relevant test cases based on the list of depending software programs, instantiating a plurality of test client platforms characteristic of the target machine population, and testing the relevant test cases on the plurality of test client platforms to identify failures.