EntireX Version 9.7

EntireX z/OS IMS RPC Server

The EntireX z/OS IMS RPC Server allows standard RPC clients to communicate with RPC servers on the operating system z/OS running with IMS in BMP mode. It supports the programming languages COBOL, PL/I and C and can provide IMS-specific PCB pointers for access to IMS databases if needed.

Supported compilers are listed under z/OS Prerequisites in the Release Notes.

Introduction Introduction to the IMS RPC Server.
Administration Administering the IMS RPC Server. How to use SSL, start, trace and stop the IMS RPC Server.
Extractor Service Customizing the Extractor Service for the IMS RPC Server. The Extractor Service is a prerequisite for remote extractions.
Deployment Service Customizing the deployment service for the IMS RPC Server. The deployment service is a prerequisite for deploying server-side mapping files.
Server-side Mapping Files Server-side mapping is used at runtime to marshal and unmarshal the RPC data stream. This document provides information on deploying, undeploying, change management etc. of server-side mapping files.
Scenarios and Programmer Information Steps to call your first RPC server customer code; programmer's information on exception handling - abort execution and return error to RPC client; automatic syncpoint handling.

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