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| EntireX Broker | x(4) | x(6) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| EntireX Workbench | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| EntireX RPC | |||||||||||||||
| Batch RPC Server | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| CICS RPC Server | x | x | |||||||||||||
| IMS RPC Server | x | ||||||||||||||
| COBOL Server/Client | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Micro Focus RPC Server | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| PL/I Server/Client | x | ||||||||||||||
| C RPC Server/Client | x(5) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Java RPC Server/Client | x(3) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| XML/SOAP RPC Server/Client | x(3) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| WebSphere MQ RPC Server | x(3) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| WebSphere MQ Listener | x(3) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| DCOM RPC Client (1) | x | ||||||||||||||
| .NET RPC Server/Client (1) | x | x | |||||||||||||
| RPC-ACI Bridge | x(3) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| CICS ECI RPC Server | x(3) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| IMS Connect RPC Server | x(3) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| EntireX ACI | |||||||||||||||
| Broker Stubs | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Java ACI | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| ActiveX Control | x | ||||||||||||||
| System Management Hub | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Broker Agent | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| JMS Support | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Attach Manager | x(2) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
In accordance with the license agreement you concluded with Software AG, your EntireX license includes either full functionality or specific EntireX components.
| (1) | Application wizard for Visual Studio .NET 2010 also provided in installation kit. |
| (2) | The attach services supplied with Broker Services are still supported in this version but may be replaced in the future. |
| (3) | Batch only. These components included as a TAR file in the z/OS installation kit and must be copied to your z/OS UNIX environment. See Installing EntireX Java Components under z/OS UNIX. |
| (4) | Batch only. "Broker" here refers to the broker kernel, also known as broker nucleus. In all versions of EntireX under z/OS, the EntireX broker kernel runs in batch mode only, either as a job or a started task. It does not run under TSO, CICS, Com-plete or any other online environment. |
| (5) | Only servers are supported; a server example is delivered. |
| (6) | Batch only. "Broker" here refers to the broker kernel, also known as broker nucleus. In all versions of EntireX under z/VSE, the EntireX broker kernel runs in batch mode only. It does not run in any online environment. |
| (7) | Windows 32-bit Platforms: - Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate/Enterprise (x86) - Windows 8 (x86) |
| (8) | Windows 64-bit Platforms: - Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate/Enterprise (x86-64) - Windows 8 (x86-64) - Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise (x86-64, Amazon EC2) - Windows Server 2012 (x86-64) |
| (9) | Please note that IBM's planned end-of-support date for z/OS version 1.12 is 30 September 2014. |
Software AG provides EntireX support for the operating/teleprocessing system versions supported by their respective manufacturers. In general, when an operating/teleprocessing system provider stops supporting a version of an operating/teleprocessing system, Software AG will stop supporting that operating/teleprocessing system version.
Software AG plans to provide support for previous versions of EntireX and predecessor products of EntireX as follows:
With this release of EntireX, product versions not listed below are no longer supported.
| Product Release | Platform | Release Date | End-of-Maintenance Date |
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| EntireX Communicator 7.1 | IBM i Series 6.1 | April 2010 | |
| IBM i Series 7.1 | November 2012 | ||
| EntireX Communicator 7.2 | z/VSE 4.3 | July 2008 | 31 May 2014 |
| z/VSE 5.1 | November 2011 | ||
| EntireX Communicator 7.3 | z/VM 5.4 | September 2008 | 31 December 2014 |
| z/VM 6.1 | October 2009 | 30 April 2013 | |
| z/VM 6.2 | December 2011 | ||
| webMethods EntireX 8.0 | OpenVMS IA-64 | December 2008 | |
| webMethods EntireX 8.1 | BS2000/OSD | December 2009 | |
| webMethods EntireX 8.2 | z/OS, UNIX, Windows | December 2010 | 30 June 2014 |
| HP-UX 11i v3 for PA RISC | December 2010 | 31 December 2016 | |
| webMethods EntireX 9.0 | z/OS, UNIX, Windows | June 2013 | 30 June 2016 |
| webMethods EntireX 9.5 | z/OS, UNIX, Windows | November 2013 |
If you have access to Empower, you can also see the detailed and most recent information in the EntireX Roadmap.
This table shows the latest version of EntireX per platform. In most cases, earlier versions of EntireX are also supported. See Platform and Version Support for full list.
| Operating System | EntireX Version |
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| z/OS V1.12, V1.13, V2.1 | 9.5 |
| z/VSE V4.3, V5.1 | 7.2.3 |
| BS2000/OSD 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 | 8.1 SP1 |
| z/VM 5.4, 6.2 | 7.3 |
| OpenVMS 8.3-1H1, 8.4 for Itanium (64-bit) | 8.0 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM System z (64-bit) | 9.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM System z (64-bit) | 9.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for IBM System z (64-bit) | 9.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for Amazon EC2 (64-bit) | 9.5 |
| Solaris SPARC 10, 11 (64-bit) | 9.5 |
| HP-UX 11i v2 for PA-RISC HP-UX 11i v3 for PA-RISC |
8.2 |
| HP-UX 11i v2 for Itanium 2 | 8.1 |
| HP-UX 11i v3 for Itanium 2 | 9.5 |
| AIX 6.1 (64-bit) | 8.2 |
| AIX 7.1 (64-bit) | 9.5 |
| IBM i Series | 7.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 (32-bit) | 8.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 and EM64T (x86-64) | 8.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 (32-bit) | 8.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 and EM64T (x86-64) | 9.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Server Linux 5 for x86 (32-bit) | 8.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Server Linux 5 for AMD64 and EM64T (x86-64) | 9.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Server Linux 6 for AMD64 and EM64T(x86-64) | 9.5 |
| Windows XP Professional (32-bit, x86) Windows Vista (32-bit, x86) Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise editions (32-bit, x86) |
8.2 |
| Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise editions (32-bit, x86) | 9.0 |
| Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions (32-bit, x86) Windows 8 (32-bit, x86) Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions (64-bit, x86-64) Windows 8 (64-bit, x86-64) Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise editions (64-bit, x86-64 and Amazon EC2) Windows Server 2012 (64-bit, x86-64) |
9.5 |
| RPC Protocol(1) | Feature(2) | EntireX | EntireX Adapter for Integration Server | PI Adapter for EntireX | Natural | More Information | ||
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| 2000 | IDL unbounded arrays | 5.4 | 7.1 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.3 | 8.1 | 6.1.1 PL13 | Unbounded arrays are arrays with variable upper bounds, see array-definition under Software AG IDL Grammar.
For the programming language COBOL they can be defined with an upper maximum and mapped to COBOL data items with the DEPENDING ON clause.
See Tables with Variable Size - DEPENDING ON Clause.
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| IDL types PU, NU | 5.4 | 7.1 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.3 | 8.1 | 6.1.1 PL13 | The data types packed and unpacked decimal unsigned support the programming languages COBOL and PL/I. See IDL Data Types under Software AG IDL File. | |
| IDL structs | 5.4 | 7.1 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.3 | 8.1 | 6.1.1 PL13 | An IDL struct describes a user-defined type for reusability. For RPC server with a CICS channel
container interface, it describes the layout of container. See structure-definition under Software AG IDL Grammar.
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| IDL aligned attribute | 5.4 | 7.1 | 4.1.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | The aligned attribute is relevant for the programming languages COBOL and PL/I.
For other languages it is not relevant, so for Natural RPC clients, including Natural RPC clients generated with the Natural Wrapper,
send the aligned attribute to the target RPC server. See attribute-list under Software AG IDL Grammar.
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| IDL parameters with more than 3 indices (all indices up to the parent on level 1 counted) | 5.4 | 7.1 | 4.1.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | See array-definition under Software AG IDL Grammar.
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| IDL library or IDL program longer than 8 characters | 5.4 | 7.1 | 4.1.0 | 4.2.6 | 8.1 | 6.3.7 | Long IDL library and program names are a challenge for languages such as COBOL and Natural, which restrict program names to
8 characters. These long IDL names are nevertheless supported by EntireX.
If a Natural server is wrapped with Natural Wrapper or extracted with IDL Extractor for Natural with a long IDL program name, this forces a CVM file and protocol 2030. See When is a CVM File Required? in the Natural Wrapper documentation.
If a COBOL server is wrapped with COBOL Wrapper or extracted with IDL Extractor for COBOL with a long IDL program name,
this forces an SVM file but no increase of protocol level. See Handling SVM Files in the RPC server documentation for
CICS |
Batch |
IMS |
Micro Focus |
CICS ECI |
IMS Connect |
BS2000/OSD or
EntireX Adapter documentation.
See also library-definition and program-definition under Software AG IDL Grammar.
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| Reliable RPC | 8.0 | 7.2 | 4.1.1 | 4.2.5 | 8.1 | 6.3.6 | Reliable RPC. | |
| CICS Channel Container | 8.2.2 | 7.1 | 4.1.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Natural RPC clients generated with Natural Wrapper can call COBOL programs using CICS with channel container calling convention. See CICS with Channel Container Calling Convention (COBOL Wrapper | Extractor). | |
| Mixed case RPC passwords | 8.2.2 | 8.2.2 | no | 4.1.4 | 8.1 | 6.1.1 PL21 | Allow RPC passwords with lowercase characters. See Natural Security under Common Features of Wrappers and RPC-based Components. | |
| 2010 | Natural optional parameters | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.1.3 | 8.1 | 6.1.1 PL13 | Optional parameters are a special Natural feature. See Natural documentation. |
| 2020 | IDL types U, UV | 7.3 | 7.1 | 4.1.1 | 4.2.1 | 8.1 | 6.2.1 | The Unicode data types support all programming languages with separate Unicode and character types such as COBOL, Natural and C. See IDL Data Types under Software AG IDL File. |
| Up to 99 IDL Levels | 7.3 | 7.1 | 4.1.1 | 4.2.1 | 8.1 | 6.2.1 | IDL levels are used in conjunction with parameter grouping. Parameters are either scalar or a member of the immediately preceding
group that has been assigned a lower level number. See simple-parameter-definition under Software AG IDL Grammar.
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| 2030 | Natural Redefine and other features | 8.2 | 8.2 | no | 4.2.7 and 8.2.2 | 8.2.4 | 6.3.9 | Supported by IDL Extractor for Natural on server side. See When is a CVM File Required? in the Natural Wrapper documentation for full list of features. |
| 2040(3) | Increased precision for IDL types N, NU, P, PU | no | no | no | 8.2.2 | no | no | The total number of digits (before and after the decimal point) is increased from 29 to 31. The number of digits after the decimal point can be 31. See Natural documentation. |
| n/a | = not applicable |
| no | = not supported |
Notes:
Location Transparency
Location transparency is no longer supported in this version.
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) is no longer supported. We suggest you upgrade to the 64-bit or a more recent Windows version.
See List of Components per Platform for full list.
JBoss
Application server JBoss is no longer supported.
Operating System Support
The following operating systems are no longer supported:
Linux 32-bit versions. We therefore recommend you migrate to the corresponding 64-bit OS version.
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003.
HP-UX PA-Risc (64-bit). Applies to EntireX 9.0 only. EntireX will continue to be supported on this platform with version 8.2 until December 2016.
RPC Parameters
Configuration of RPC servers has been simplified, and the following parameters are now deprecated on some platforms:
runoption
For Batch RPC Server and IMS RPC Server the complex parameter runoption is replaced by the new parameter marshalling, which is set by default to COBOL. marshalling is used together with server mapping files (SVMs).
minworker, maxworker, endworker
For Batch RPC Server, parameters minworker, maxworker and endworker
are replaced by new parameter workermodel.
See examples under RPC Parameters in section What was New in Version 9.
kernelsecurity
The RPC server option kernelsecurity (KSEC under CICS) is deprecated. EntireX
RPC servers now provide logic to detect the security setup of the broker kernel automatically.
Applies to Batch, CICS, IMS, UNIX, Windows, Micro Focus and .NET RPC Servers.
Support for these parameters is currently still provided for compatibility reasons.
Broker Attributes
The Broker attributes NET-RESTART,
NET-RETRY-LIMIT and
NET-RETRY-TIME are no longer supported.
DCOM Wrapper Proxy Objects
The generation of DCOM Wrapper proxy objects is no longer
supported.
ACI for .NET
The EntireX Broker ACI for .NET is no longer supported.
Broker Stubs
Entire Net-Work is no longer supported for Broker stubs used on UNIX or Windows.
The following features and platforms are not planned to be supported in future versions.
Broker Services
Broker Services have been partially retired since EntireX version 8.0.
They will be fully retired with the next EntireX version after EntireX 9.6.
This affects in particular the following components:
Broker Services WebSphere MQ Support
Retired since version 8.0. There was no direct replacement for the Broker Services WebSphere MQ support. However, WebSphere
MQ is supported with the EntireX WebSphere MQ RPC Server and the EntireX WebSphere MQ Listener. For scenarios using the Broker Services WebSphere MQ support, both of these might be a more modern and easier-to-use alternative.
Broker Services APPC Adapter
Retired since version 8.0. There was no replacement for the Broker Services APPC Adapter. We recommend using the standard
EntireX functionality in the future. Possible migration paths can vary and should be determined based on your projects.
Broker Services Attach Service
There will be no replacement for the Broker Services Attach Service. Most of the RPC server implementations support multiple
worker models for load balancing purposes. See for example Worker Models under
CICS |
Batch. For Natural RPC servers, the Natural RPC Server front-end provides similar functionality.
Administration using System Management Hub and SNMP Support
Administration with SMH is planned to be dropped in a future version of EntireX.
The required SMH functionality will be replaced by other means.
SNMP will no longer be supported when SMH is dropped.
BKIMBTSO
Broker stub BKIMBTSO is deprecated and will not be delivered after
EntireX version 9.5. The functionality is covered by stub BROKER. The current release still includes BKIMBTSO for compatibility
reasons.
This means you do not need to change existing link jobs for version 9.5, but this will be necessary in the next version. Also,
default transport method for BKIMBTSO was TCP; default for BROKER is NET.
Any necessary configuration changes for the transport default will be described in the Release Notes of the next version.
Broker Agents
The Broker SSL Agent and Broker TCP Agent
will be removed in a future version.
ACI for Natural
The LDAs NATDEF12 and NATDEF21 are deprecated and will no longer be
delivered in the future.
The LDAs NATDEF12 and NATDEF21, which define API version 2 only, are consolidated into the LDA NATDEF in the Natural library SYSETB. If there were duplicate field names in NATDEF12 and NATDEF21, they are defined as REDEFINES in NATDEF. NATDEF12 and NATDEF21 are deprecated and will not be delivered in future releases. Use NATDEF in your application for Broker control block definition. Also, some of the fields in NATDEF are marked as deprecated. Do no use these in your application either.
IDL Compiler Native Batch Interface
The IDL Compiler native batch interface for the C Wrapper
and .NET Wrapper is deprecated and will be dropped in the future.
For the C Wrapper, use the Eclipse batch interface instead. See Using the C Wrapper in Command-line Mode.
Customer-written templates for the IDL Compiler are also deprecated, and support for these templates will be dropped in a future version.
COBOL Wrapper
The Generic RPC Services Module (see Generic RPC Services Module) COBSRVIB and COBSRVID delivered on
mainframe will be removed. Instead, use the modules generated by the
EntireX Workbench. The CICS module COBSRVIC in source as well as load format
will stay.
RPC Parameters
Support for all RPC parameters listed as "deprecated" under Functionality Dropped in Version 9.0 may be dropped in a future version.
We recommend you use the alternatives provided.
Broker ActiveX Control
The EntireX Broker ActiveX Control will be removed in a future version.
PL/I MVS Compiler
Support for IBM compiler PL/I for MVS & VM will be dropped in a future version. Support for compiler
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS will continue.
Partner Broker ID
Partner Broker ID will not be supported in a future version.
Microsoft Visual Studio Wizard for EntireX .NET Wrapper
The Visual Studio Wizard for .NET Wrapper as an add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 will be removed in a future version.
This functionality will continue to be provided by the EntireX Workbench.
Microsoft Visual Studio Wizard for EntireX DCOM Wrapper
The Microsoft Visual Studio Wizard for EntireX DCOM Wrapper as a Software AG add-in will be removed in a future version. This
functionality will continue to be provided by the EntireX Workbench.
EntireX Wrapper for Enterprise JavaBeans
The possibility to enable Java-based components to access an EntireX RPC server using Enterprise JavaBeans will be removed
with the EntireX Wrapper for Enterprise JavaBeans in a future version.
