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About this document

  • Audience
  • Prerequisites for this document
  • Related documents
  • Typographic conventions
  • New in this release

  • New in release 2.5.x
  • New in release 2.4.x
  • New in release 2.3.x
  • New in release 2.2.x
  • New in release 2.1.x
  • New in release 1.9.x
  • New in release 1.8.x
  • New in release 1.7.x
  • New in release 1.6.x
  • Overview

  • Terminology
  • Mainframe Adapter Suite
  • Connector components
  • How the connector works
  • Installing and configuring the connector

  • Adapter environment
  • Prerequisites
  • Installing the adapters and related files
  • Installing the MAS drivers
  • Installed file structure for the ADABAS connector
  • Installed file structure for the CICS/TS connector
  • Installed file structure for the DB2 connector
  • Installed file structure for the IMS/DB connector
  • Installed file structure for the IMS/TM connector
  • Installed file structure for the VSAM connector
  • Installed file structure for the Natural connector
  • Installed file structure for the IDMS Database connector
  • Configuring driver data sources

  • MAS drivers overview
  • Configuring the JDBC driver
  • Testing the MAS driver connections
  • Tracing
  • Configuring the connector

  • Enabling the application for the connector
  • Configuring the connector
  • Creating multiple instances of a connector
  • Starting the connector
  • Stopping the connector
  • Developing business objects for the Mainframe Adapter Suite

  • Business object and attribute naming conventions
  • Business object structure
  • Business object verb processing
  • Business object attribute properties
  • Business object application-specific information
  • Generating business object definitions using the ODAs for MAS

  • Installation and usage
  • Using the ODAs for MAS in Business Object Designer
  • Contents of the generated definition
  • Sample business object definition file
  • Inserting attributes that contain child business objects
  • Adding information to the business object definition
  • Troubleshooting and error handling

  • Startup problems
  • Event processing
  • Mapping (InterChange Server integration broker only)
  • Error handling and logging
  • Appendix A. Standard configuration properties for connectors

  • New and deleted properties
  • Configuring standard connector properties
  • Summary of standard properties
  • Standard configuration properties
  • Appendix B. Connector Configurator

  • Overview of Connector Configurator
  • Starting Connector Configurator
  • Running Configurator from System Manager
  • Creating a connector-specific property template
  • Creating a new configuration file
  • Using an existing file
  • Completing a configuration file
  • Setting the configuration file properties
  • Saving your configuration file
  • Changing a configuration file
  • Completing the configuration
  • Using Connector Configurator in a globalized environment
  • Appendix C. MAS driver keywords

  • Setting a driver keyword
  • Driver keyword descriptions
  • Driver keyword settings
  • Appendix D. Business object samples

  • DB2 Connector
  • VSAM Connector
  • NATURAL Connector
  • CICS Connector
  • IDMS(DB) Connector
  • ADABAS Connector
  • IMS_TM Connector
  • Appendix E. Support for null and blank values

  • Pass and fail scenarios
  • Functionality
  • Notices

  • Programming interface information
  • Trademarks and service marks
  • Copyright IBM Corp. 1997, 2004