Release Notes for Version 2.0.0 of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for iSeries

These release notes cover release information for version 2.0.0 of the IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Adapter for iSeries(TM).

Note: The adapter documented in these release notes has not been internationalized. Do not run it against InterChange Server version 4.2.x or later unless you can guarantee that only ISO Latin-1 data will be processed.

These release notes contain the following sections:
New in this release WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time
Product fix history Limitations
Hardware and software requirements Known problems and workarounds
Installation, migration, upgrade, configuration Documentation

Note: Important information about this product may be available in Technical Support Flashes issued after these release notes were published. These can be found on the WebSphere Business Integration support Web site, http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiserver/support. Select the component area of interest and search the flashes section.

New in this release

New features and improvements made in this release include the following:

Refer to the Adapter for iSeries User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.

Product fix history

Between release 1.1.0 and 2.0.0, the following CRs, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.

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32570 The RPG PGM was called twice in a single call.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.

Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration

Whether you are installing the software from the CD or downloading it from Passport Advantage and installing it from a local directory, refer to the appropriate guide:

These guides also include general migration, upgrade, and configuration information.

For hardware and software requirements and configuration information specific to this adapter, refer to the Adapter for iSeries User Guide.

WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time

Make sure that you run this version of the adapter with WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run-time version 1.7.0 or later.

The WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API .jar files and the associated scripts (CWConnEnv.bat and CWODAEnv.bat for Windows(R); CWConnEnv.sh and CWODAEnv.sh for UNIX platforms) are installed by the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API. Before installing the adapter, make sure that the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time is installed. If the version is not 1.7.0 or later, you must download the latest API. This section provides instructions for verifying the API version, downloading the latest version, and enabling the adapter to run on various versions of InterChange Server and Adapter Development Kit (ADK).

Verifying the run-time version

To check the run-time version, locate the manifest file (ProductDir\lib\WBIA.jar) and open it in a suitable Java JAR editor. Look for the following lines:

Implementation-Title: "CWConnectorAPI"
Implementation-Version: 1.7.0

Implementation-version indicates the installed version of the API. If the version is not 1.7.0 or later, you must download the latest run time.

Downloading the run time

To download the latest version of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time:

  1. Go to http://www.ibm.com.
  2. Click the Support & downloads tab.
  3. Under the Downloads heading, click Downloads & drivers.
  4. In the Enter search terms field, type "wbia api" and click Submit.

After you download and install the run time, you should see the following files:

lib\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\3.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.1.1\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.2.0\WBIA.jar
bin\CWConnEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWConnEnv.sh (UNIX)
bin\CWODAEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWODAEnv.sh (UNIX)
connectors\messages\CwConnectorAgentMessages.txt

Enabling adapters for earlier versions of Adapter Development Kit and InterChange Server

To enable an adapter to work with various versions of ADK or InterChange Server, follow the appropriate procedure below:

InterChange Server versions 4.1.x (except 4.1.0), ADK versions 2.1.x
InterChange Server versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, ADK versions 2.3.0 and 2.3.1
Running an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) against InterChange Server versions 4.1.x (except 4.1.0), ADK versions 2.1.x
Running an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) against InterChange Server versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, ADK versions 2.3.x

Limitations

In the iSeries ODA, the PGM provided in the CALLRPG verb ASI may not be the exact location of the PGM. Currently it is assumed to be in the same IFS folder (library) of the source program member. For instance, if the source program is /QSYS.LIB/ABC.LIB/SRCPF.FILE/RPG1.MBR, then the PGM is assumed to be /QSYS.LIB/ABC.LIB/SRCPF.FILE/RPG1.PGM, which may not always be true; therefore, you are required to check and enter the correct absolute path of the PGM. The IBM iSeries Navigator GUI can be used to obtain this information.

In the business objects for the iSeries adapter, some attributes can be either Packed Decimal or Zoned Decimal. In this case, the corresponding attributes' ASI values for Datalength means total length of digits, while the value for DecimalPositions means maximum number of digits after the decimal point. Whenever the number of decimal positions is exceeded, the adapter truncates the excess decimal digits. Note that it does not round off, but removes the extraneous digits.

For example, if the ASI for an attribute is PackedDecimal=True;Datalength=10;DecimalPositions=2, then the values 112345678, 12345678.1, and 12345678.12 are accepted, but the extraneous decimal digits after the maximum limit of 2 in 12345678.123 will be truncated, and the value is taken as 12345678.12. A trace message is given for it as "Truncated String Value:<12345678.12> for DecimalPositions=2".

Known problems and workarounds

The following problems have been found in this release:

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31633 In a UNIX environment, a connector_manager_adapter script is generated by the Installer. The script references adapterEnv.sh, which was introduced with version 2.4.0 of Adapter Framework. If you are running an older version of Adapter Framework, adapterEnv is not available. To run this version of the adapter with an older version of the Framework, change the reference from adapterEnv.sh to CWSharedEnv.sh in the connector_manager_adapter script.

Documentation

Product documentation is not included as part of the product package, either by CD or by electronic product distribution. The documentation for this product can be found in the following InfoCenters:

To obtain the product documentation, visit the Web site and download the current documentation set for the release that you are using. Follow the instructions provided on the InfoCenter page to complete the installation.

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