Agent vs context

Hi,
we have a small "architectural" doubt ... !
In the "Physical Architecture" we created two agents :
- agent_host_{color:#ff0000}prod{color}
- agent_host_{color:#008000}test{color}
In the "Logical Architecture" we have only one agent with two contexts :
{color:#0000ff}logical_agent_1{color} = {color:#ff0000}Prod {color}context - agent_host_{color:#ff0000}prod{color}
{color:#0000ff}logical_agent_1{color} = {color:#008000}Test {color}context - agent_host_{color:#008000}test{color}
Now , when I test something, I can select only one agent ({color:#0000ff}logical_agent_1{color}) and the context "redirects" to the physical agent (agent_host_{color:#008000}x{color}{color:#ff0000}x{color})...
It's all right !
Now we would like schedule a scenario execution ...
we configure the agent_host_{color:#ff0000}prod{color}{color:#ff0000} {color}to connect ,with ODI_SECU_URL, ODI_SECU_WORK_REP, etc... parameters, to the {color:#ff0000}exe_repository{color} and the agent_host_{color:#008000}test{color}{color:#008000} {color}to connect to {color:#008000}dev_repository{color} ...
the doubt :
what happens when we schedule a scenario in {color:#ff0000}exe_repository{color} with {color:#0000ff}logical_agent_1{color} and {color:#008000}Test {color}context ( and vicecersa {color:#008000}dev_repository{color} with Prod context )?
Thanks a lot !
Mauro Benotto

Hi,
You should have two physical agents, two logical agents, and two contexts.
Your "dev" context should have the logical agent that is mapped to the dev physical agent.
Your "test" context should have the logical agent that is mapped to the test physical agent.
Also - you should have a Work Repository for Dev, and a Work Repository for Test ( one for each
stage of your development cycle - for example ( dev test qa production ) ).
Regards,
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http://davidhecksel.com/blog/odi

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