This guide describes how to install, configure and use the webMethods EntireX Adapter 8.2. It contains information for administrators and application developers who want to call remote procedures on mainframes and other hosts, using the EntireX RPC technique. To use this guide effectively, you should be familiar with EntireX's Remote Procedure Call (RPC) technology. For further information see Related Literature below.
In this guide the following topics are covered:
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Installing | Installing the webMethods EntireX Adapter. |
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About the EntireX Adapter | EntireX Adapters functionality and features such as calling remote procedures on mainframes and other hosts. |
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Package Management | How to set up and manage your EntireX Adapter packages and set up access control lists (ACL). |
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EntireX Adapter Connections | How to configure and manage EntireX Adapter connections. |
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EntireX Adapter Services | How to configure and manage EntireX Adapter services. EntireX Adapter services allow clients to interact with EntireX RPC servers, using a configured adapter connection. |
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Listeners and Adapter Notifications | How to configure and manage listeners and adapter notifications. |
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Settings and Information | Monitoring and tracing in the webMethods Administrator. |
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Direct RPC | Direct communication from an RPC client or server to the EntireX Adapter. |
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EntireX Adapter Messages | A listing of EntireX Adapter messages (message class 0800). |
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IMS Connect Messages | Messages that can occur with connections from the EntireX Adapter to IMS Connect (message class 2011). |
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IBM CICS® ECI Messages | Messages that can occur with connections from the EntireX Adapter to IBM CICS® ECI (message class 2012). |
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ApplinX Messages | Messages that can occur with connections from the EntireX Adapter to ApplinX (message class 2023). |
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Direct RPC Messages | Messages that can occur with connections from the EntireX Adapter to Direct RPC (message class 0400). |
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ACI Server Messages | Messages that can occur with connections from the EntireX Adapter to ACI servers (message class 1018). |
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Preparing IBM CICS® for ECI | The EntireX Adapter supports connections to IBM CICS® ECI to call programs in CICS. Here we describe how to set up the External Call Interface (ECI) within CICS. |
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Preparing IMS | The EntireX Adapter supports connections to IMS. Here we describe how to extract from Message Format Service (MFS). |
webMethods Developer User's Guide
Administering webMethods Integration Server
the documentation on the webMethods EntireX, including the webMethods EntireX Broker and webMethods EntireX RPC Servers
Software AG Designer, available under the webmethods tab at http://documentation.softwareag.com
Software AG Installation Guide, available under the webmethods tab at http://documentation.softwareag.com
webMethods Adapter Development Kit User's Guide Version 6.5, available under the webmethods tab at http://documentation.softwareag.com
the documentation of the Eclipse Update Manager, located at http://help.eclipse.org/helios/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/tasks-129.htm
Natural Product Documentation at http://documentation.softwareag.com/natural/index.htm.
This documentation is part of a documentation module including the following documents:
For the EntireX Workbench (webMethods Integration Server Wrapper and Software AG IDL Extractor for webMethods Integration Server), refer to http://documentation.softwareag.com/webmethods/wmsuite8_ga/EntireX/workbench/overview.htm.
