The main purpose of this release was enhancing EntireX support under z/VSE. This release also ensured compatibility with version 9.6 of the webMethods product suite, and included multiple fixes, changes and enhancements, which are described below:
EntireX support for z/VSE was thoroughly reworked and is now at a level comparable with other EntireX platforms such as z/OS. Some restrictions apply. See List of Components per Platform for EntireX components supported under z/VSE.
For more information see:
When archiving an EntireX project with the export feature of Eclipse or the check-in feature of a revision control system such as Subversion or CVS, you can use an external properties file to store the properties of your IDL files. These properties are restored from this external file when the project is imported or checked out. See Storing IDL Properties in an External File under EntireX Workbench.
Enhanced Impersonation
For configuration parameter IMPS, value YES is now supported. The CICS RPC Server then uses the RPC user ID and password supplied by the RPC client for authentication
and impersonation of the client.
This means that the RPC server validates the password. See Impersonation under Introduction to the CICS RPC Server
and IMPS under Administering the CICS RPC Server in the CICS RPC Server documentation.
Brainstorm is a one-stop portal for all Software AG customers to submit feature requests, vote on ideas that have been posted by other customers and get your voice heard. All product categories are moderated by product managers, and ideas get responded to and updated on a regular basis.
Brainstorm ID 1040629 "Properties lost after Export/Import". See Storing IDL Properties in an External File above.
Common Integration Scenarios
Documentation of common integration scenarios has been enhanced with regard to navigation.
High-level, illustrated scenario descriptions lead to more detailed sections below.
See Common Integration Scenarios, for example Calling COBOL DFHCOMMAREA on z/OS CICS from Integration Server.
Fixed and Unbounded Arrays
Documentation for mapping of fixed and unbounded arrays has been enhanced.
See Fixed and Unbounded Arrays under Software AG IDL File in the IDL Editor documentation and Software AG IDL to COBOL Mapping in the COBOL Wrapper documentation.
SSL or TLS
Various sections dealing with SSL or TLS support have been reworked:
RPC Servers
See Using SSL or TLS with the RPC Server under
CICS |
Batch |
IMS.
Certificates
See SSL or TLS and Certificates with EntireX.
LE Runtime Options
A new section describes IBM Language Environment runtime options relevant for RPC servers.
See IBM LE Runtime Options under
CICS |
Batch |
IMS.
Improved Handling of Security Messages under z/OS
With broker attribute PRODUCT you can specify the name of the installed security product (ACF2, RACF or TOP-SECRET). This attribute is used to analyze
security-system-specific errors. This feature was available in earlier versions but was not documented.
