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iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS Administrator's Guide



This preface describes the what you can expect to find in this document, and contains the following:

  • About This Guide

  • What You Should Know

  • Documentation Conventions

  • How This Guide Is Organized

  • User Roles

  • Supported Platforms



About This Guide

This guide describes the concepts you need to know to use iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS and how to configure and use the components provided with iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS. It describes how to write your servlet or Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) to access a CICS program on the mainframe. It also contains information about the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that you need to use.



What You Should Know


This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:

  • iPlanet Application ServeriPlanet Application Server Programming Concepts. See iPlanet Application Server Programmer's Guide for more details.

  • The Internet and World Wide Web

  • CICS Programming Concepts

  • Java Programming Language



Documentation Conventions

File and directory paths are given in Windows format with backslashes separating directory names. For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except slashes should be substituted in place of backslashes.

This guide uses URLs of the form:

http://server.domain/path/file.html

In these URLs, server is the name of the server on which you run your application; domain is your Internet domain name; path is the directory structure on the server; and file is an individual filename. Italics items in URLs are placeholders.

This guide uses the following font conventions:

  • The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, pathnames, directory names, and HTML tags.

  • Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.



How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized into the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, "Installing the Enterprise Connector" describes concepts you should be familiar with before you set up iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS or use the API in servlets or EJBs. In addition, there is an overview of iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS, and iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS Administrator Responsibilities.

  • Chapter 2, "Installing the Mainframe Component" addresses installing and configuring CICS, the relay, and the PhoneBook application.

  • Chapter 3, "Managing Data Sources and User Privileges" discusses the Management Console and data mining for the administrator.



User Roles


This section describes the roles various users take, and their tasks.


User Roles and Tasks

People with a variety of skills are involved with the setup of iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS. Some of these users are listed below:



System Administrator  

This is the person responsible for the iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS installation.  

Systems or Business Analyst  

This person uses the CICS Data Mining Tool to define the CICS transactions that will be available through iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS.

This person uses the Management Console to specify levels of security, which end users have access to specific kinds of data, and performance characteristics such as pooling.  

Applications Programmer  

This person writes servlets or EJBs that call the UIF API. This topic is discussed in

This person also uses the Repository Browser to determine the available data types and access methods.  

CICS Programmer  

Writes new CICS programs that perform advanced communications with iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for CICS or modifies existing programs.  



Supported Platforms


iPlanet Application Server currently supports the following platforms:



Supported Platforms

Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 with Service Pack 5  

Sun SPARC running Solaris 2.6  

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Supported Platforms

Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 with Service Pack 5  

Sun SPARC running Solaris 2.6  


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