WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V6.3
helps maximize the business value of your SOA
IBM United States
Software Announcement 209-102
April 28, 2009
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WebSphere® Service
Registry and Repository helps maximize the business value of your service
oriented architecture (SOA). This industry-leading solution that enables you
to publish, find, enrich, manage, and govern services and policies in your
SOA.
For ordering, contact your IBM® representative, an IBM Business Partner,
or IBM Americas
Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
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WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository delivers the foundation for enabling service life-cycle
governance as part of the IBM SOA governance across the SOA continuum (basic to
advanced). As you continue to adopt effective SOA solutions, the need to proactively
govern the service life cycle through prescriptive capabilities offered by WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository becomes important.
Additional capabilities in the area of associating policies with services
becomes an essential part of service life-cycle management and governance.
A key part of this updated release WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
is to complete the advanced capabilities necessary to leverage the solutions
as an Enterprise Service Registry and Repository in driving the success of
your SOA deployments.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository V6.3 delivers updated capabilities and associated
benefits to provide:
- Prescriptive service life-cycle governance. Adopt recommended practices
in reducing complexity and improving manageability in an SOA, allowing service
life cycle and service governance by leveraging the out-of-the-box profile,
along with expanded life cycle and metadata exchange with IBM Rational® Asset
Manager, giving business agility with reduced risk and manageability benefits.
- Service contract and version management to meet changing business needs
and service levels. This allows you to maintain multiple service versions
and manage expectations by facilitating contracts between service providers
and consumers and so reins in costs with increased efficiency. Protects investments
and avoids downtime.
- Improved reporting. Audit and reports to pinpoint the information necessary
to control, providing various reports to fulfill business needs and track
compliance and so provide lower costs of compliance, and avoid costly penalties.
- Reuse of existing services and protect investments with service discovery
for Oracle/BEA and JBOSS. WebSphere Service Registry and Repository provides
an enterprise service repository supporting a heterogeneous environment, giving
cost savings in leveraging existing IT investments.
- WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository Studio, a stand-alone Eclipse application that allows
users to create and edit configuration profiles, edit stored artifacts, and
generate custom reports. Available for use on the Microsoft® Windows® and Linux® platforms.
- Continuing improvements in user interface and performance leading to improved
productivity.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository helps manage service interactions and dependencies
by handling policies, versioning, classification, and usage throughout the
life cycle of the service to promote optimal interaction of services in the
SOA. WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository enables management and governance capabilities for
you to get the most business value from your SOA. It facilitates storing,
accessing, and managing service information (service metadata) so your client
can easily select, invoke, govern, and reuse services.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository delivers visibility and control of the services in
the SOA. It helps drive business flexibility by managing the services that
align IT with business objectives.
With these capabilities, WebSphere Service Registry and Repository throughout
the SOA life cycle (model, assemble, deploy, and manage) helps govern access,
monitor service vitality, manage policies for publishing, and use and retire
services.
Without proactive service life-cycle governance and management of service
metadata in an SOA, it is difficult to optimize business results of SOA that
indicate the challenges in managing and a general lack of control over your
services. These typically include:
- Tracking and managing SOA services and business critical documents
- Providing reliable SOA services for business applications and processes
- Reducing complexity and cost of securing services and applications
- Greater sharing to increase return on existing assets
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For details, refer to the Hardware requirements and Software requirements sections.
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- June 19, 2009 (electronic software delivery)
- June 26, 2009 (media and documentation)
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An SOA is the next evolutionary step to help IT organizations meet their
ever more-complex challenges. SOA has the potential to drive business flexibility,
performance, and innovation by better aligning your information technologies
to your business objectives. Maximizing this potential depends on how well
you govern the services in your SOA throughout the life cycle.
Store, access, and manage information to support a successful SOA. WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository V6.3 delivers management and governance capabilities
that allow you to get the most business value from your SOA. It facilitates
storing, accessing, and managing service information, called service metadata,
to easily select, invoke, govern, and reuse your services. WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository has tight integration with IBM SOA Foundation, an integrated, open
standards-based set of software, best practices, and patterns for SOA.
Publish, find, enrich, manage, and govern
Encourage reuse: The publish and find capabilities of WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository promote service reuse in SOA projects by allowing
greater visibility of and easier access to existing services. The service
discovery engine discovers services on WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Process
Server, WebSphere Enterprise
Service Bus, and Microsoft.NET platforms, allowing you to keep an
accurate record of deployed services in your SOA. Faceted search offers a
natural and user-friendly way to find services by allowing you to progressively
refine search results using attributes, document types, or classification.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository helps in quickly creating or modifying business processes
using existing services. A powerful query mechanism allows you to search and
find the services that best fit the requirements of a given process.
Enhance connectivity: The enrich capability enables dynamic and
efficient access to services information by both runtime applications and
processes that facilitate better connectivity and efficiency. WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository increases runtime flexibility of applications by an
enterprise service bus (ESB) by enabling selection of services based on service
metadata.
Optimize service usage: The manage capability enables management
of service metadata, as well as service interactions, dependencies, and redundancies.
You can classify services based on business objectives, manage policies for
service usage, and monitor how services are changed and versioned. Also, you
can link related documents (such as PDF files) to service metadata. This capability
helps you optimize the use of services in an SOA by exchanging rich service
metadata with runtime monitoring tools and operational data stores.
Enable SOA governance:Enables SOA governance in the service life
cycle by providing:
- Access control: Control the visibility and access to service metadata
for sharing and reuse by using role-based access. Using the access-control
editor, you can easily set up access-control rules that align with your business.
- Classify service: Classifying services and related metadata into
groups that are meaningful in the domain of your organization and that align
with your business needs. Using the classification editor, productivity can
be improved by easy set-up and modifications to your classification schemas.
- Impact analysis: By maintaining relationships, WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository has extensive support for analyzing the impact of
service introduction, deletion, or alteration. Graphical views allow you to
intuitively understand the service relationships and dependencies.
- Service life cycle: By creating user-definable entities and customizing
the service life cycle, you can configure WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
precisely according to your business needs. You can implement best practices
for service life-cycle management with the ability to promote services and
life-cycle validations. Using customizable validators, you can guard transitions
in the life-cycle states of services.
- Governance profile: To get you started easily and quickly, WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository has a well-defined service model that includes templates,
associated life cycles, governance policies with a generic validator, a classification
system, roles, and perspectives.
SOA policy management: WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
enables policy management across the life cycle spanning all domains of policy.
Better policy management with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
lets you track and govern your run-time policies while establishing contractual
and enforceable relationships between various run-time policies and associated
services. It allows you to consistently enforce the most current policies
in your SOA. These policies are discovered and interpreted dynamically during
run time. By helping to ensure that your contractual obligations are strictly
followed, you will benefit by mitigating the risk of lost revenue and customer
dissatisfaction, and achieving higher levels of service quality and responsiveness.
- Govern the life cycle of SOA policies
- Validate, audit, and report changes to policy
- Ensure Web services interoperability (WS-I) compliance
- Enforce service governance policies
- Use policy authoring tools to easily create new policies
- Associate policies to services to create an authoritative source of services
and related metadata
- Store and associate policies of any domain
- Apply prescriptive approach to governance with new policy libraries improving
time-to-value
- Templates for operational policies
- Policies that capture governance best practices
- Distribute SOA policies to enable enforcement by ESBs and other SOA products
Federate with other SOA repositories:WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
federates with other SOA repositories to enable governance and management
of the complete service life cycle. At the model and assemble phases, WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository is complemented by repositories that specialize in
managing SOA development artifacts.
In the deploy and manage phases, WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
can work with a configuration management databases to acquire and manage operational
details of your IT infrastructure. Also, tight integration with WebSphere Business
Services Fabric allows you to link business and technical aspects of composite
business services.
Synchronization with Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
(UDDI) registries allows entries created via a UDDI V3-capable product
to be synchronized with entries in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
Web Services Description Language document entries (that have been created
in UDDI following Best Practice: "Using Web Services Description Language
in a UDDI Registry" or Technical Note: "Using Web Services Description Language
in a UDDI Registry, V2.0.2") can be mapped, created, and maintained including
their metadata. Policy documents stored in UDDI can also be mapped in WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository. The support is bidirectional, meaning that documents
created in WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository can be mapped into UDDI and vice versa.
Enable governance and life-cycle management of high-value applications:WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository helps your high-value applications to participate
fully in enterprise SOA. Service enabled applications from WebSphere MQ
and CICS® can
be published in WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository enabling you to reuse, classify, describe, and govern
these services like any other service in your SOA.
Integration with WebSphere Business Services Fabric ensures
consistency among business models and classification systems across your business
services in WebSphere Business
Services Fabric and corresponding IT services in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
It offers comprehensive service information -- both at a technical level and
at the business service level and enabling tighter linkage for service-oriented
composite business applications.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository can be a critical deployment component of SOA projects
because it enables you to:
- Get clear visibility into service associations and relationships: Better
align IT to meet business needs by outlining business tasks and the corresponding
IT services. WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository supports service life-cycle management and governance
to provide better control of SOA environment.
- Share your services: You can identify common services to avoid
duplication and foster reuse. WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
supports discovery and reuse of services and the associated metadata and artifacts.
- Deliver services interoperability: Make the most of existing investments
and infrastructure. With the support of Web Services Description Language,
XML, XML Schema Definition (XSD) Language, Service Component Architecture
(SCA), and other standards including UDDI, WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
delivers true interoperability.
- Provide SOA governance: SOA governance is a catalyst for optimized
SOA deployments in meeting the IT and business objectives. Your SOA can be
more tightly aligned to business objectives because it is organized by business-oriented
services and if needed, also by IT function. Better governance of an SOA means
better business results.
- Unlock the value of mainframe applications and databases: Mainframe
applications and database interactions that are exposed as services can be
published to WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository and accessed by both mainframe and non-mainframe applications
without invasive programming at the API level.
- Enforce best practices:WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
includes functions and flexibility to help IT groups institute standards and
best practices in their SOA deployments.
- Incrementally adopt SOA: The scalable nature of WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository enables you to start your SOA small and grow as needed.
You can incrementally deploy SOA alongside existing assets and processes.
Playing a vital role in IBM SOA Foundation: WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository plays a major role in the SOA life cycle.
- Model: During service modelling, you can use WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository to create or reuse service descriptions, classifications,
and XML schemas. It also interacts with the service development life cycle
with standard asset management solutions
- Assemble: During service development or assembly, you can use WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository to locate services for reuse and to enable service
composition, such as creating new composite applications. Because the life
cycle of services is managed and governed in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository,
it forms the authoritative source of service metadata.
- Deploy: As part of the service deployment process, you can publish
service endpoint information WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. It augments
any service descriptions that already exist from development or other tools,
which helps by enriching the service interaction from run times.
- Manage: To manage services that leverage system-management practices
(such as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®)
processes, and Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) for storing
information about service interactions such as mediations), you can use WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository to capture and assess the performance of services
against business and operational performance objectives. WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository federates service information with operational systems
management utilities.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository forms the core that feeds the overall SOA governance
technology, which underpins the SOA framework. Its robust, industrial-strength
capabilities help you efficiently manage access to, and governance of, services.
Standard registry and repository functions for the entire software life cycle,
well integrated with IBM SOA Foundation and other complementary third-party
software solutions, make WebSphere Service Registry and Repository a valuable
component of your SOA. Regardless of the level of SOA maturity in your enterprise, WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository brings immediate benefits that can help accelerate
your adoption of an SOA approach.
Accessibility by people with disabilities
Features of WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository that support use by people with disabilities include:
- Ability to use assistive technologies such as screen readers and screen
magnifier software
- Features to customize display attributes such as color, contrast, and
font size
- Capability of operating the system using only the keyboard
A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) can be
requested via the IBM Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html
Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation
Act
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository is capable
as of June 26, 2009 , when used in accordance with IBM's associated documentation,
of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly
interoperates with it. A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility
Template (VPAT), containing details on the products accessibility compliance,
can be requested on the following Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html
IPLA and Subscription and Support considerations
IPLA licenses can be transferred from one machine to another within, but
not limited to an enterprise. You may aggregate the capacity for all the processors
the product is operated on to achieve a more economic price. This will result
in a single Proof of Entitlement (PoE). It is your responsibility to manage
the distribution of Value Units within the limits of the entitlement of the
product license.
Subscription and Support must cover the same capacity as the product license
entitlement. Subscription and Support will be available in the country in
which the agreement is made.
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WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository is an integrated SOA Foundation product that lets
you publish; find; enrich; manage; and govern services in the SOA.
- Promotes reuse and eliminates redundancies
- Publishes and finds services and related metadata through all stages of
SOA
- Integrates and federate with other standard registries and repositories
- Creates new business processes using existing services published in WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository
- Enriches SOA run-time interaction
- Enables optimized access to service metadata
- Manages service interactions and policies
- Enhance business services by providing rich service metadata stored with
the corresponding IT services.
- Enables better control of SOA with governance
- Facilitates service life cycle with guards for state transitions
- Analyzes impacts of service introduction, deletion, or alteration by maintaining
relationships
- Manages role-based access to services, changes, versioning, and service
retirement
- Facilitates policy support for instituting best practices and enforcing
policies associated with services in SOA deployments
- Offers strong backing by IBM SOA governance practice, methods, best practices,
and tools
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository enables management and governance capabilities to
get the most business value from your SOA. It facilitates storing, accessing,
and managing service information (service metadata) so you can easily select,
invoke, govern, and reuse your services.
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Product description Language General availability date
WebSphere Service All Lang per June 26, 2009
Registration & Repository ESD/PA Media
V6.3.0 Pks
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Program VRM Program name
number
5724-N72 6.3.0 WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
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IBM training
provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for
IT professionals and managers are on the IBM training Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/tp/en?pageType=tp_search
Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs,
schedules, and enrollments.
Training is available for WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
IBM training
provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of WebSphere courses
for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM WebSphere Education Web site, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/websphere/education
Refer to the IBM WebSphere Education
Web site for information on course locations and availability dates.
Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs,
schedules, and enrollments.
The IBM WebSphere Education
team delivers a comprehensive portfolio of education services to help customers
and IBM Business
Partners successfully deploy Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and integrate
IBM's WebSphere middleware
products to achieve the maximum benefit.
Education is a key component to ensuring software success. A study by the IBM WebSphere Support
Team has showed lack of training as the third most common cause of deployment
issues for three years running. Our curriculum provides a unique training
value built on exclusive product knowledge direct from IBM Developers cemented with expert instructors
and flexible time and cost-saving training options. The IBM WebSphere Education
team works closely with product developers and services organizations to ensure
that the courses we offer provide the most up-to-the-minute technical and
product information. Our courses place an emphasis on the advanced knowledge
and insight that only these sources can provide. We draw from a deep pool
of IBM technical
experience in the development of our courses, and pass that knowledge on to
our students.
With over 200 courses across eight curriculums, WebSphere Education provides training
that spans the spectrum of skills needs from introductory product overviews
to advanced programming and administration. Hands-on labs let you work with
fully functional versions of the software you are studying to round out your
training experience. Several training options are available, including classroom,
private customized courses or instructor-led or self-paced online learning
letting you train from your office without traveling.
For more information about available education offerings, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/websphere/education
Role-based skills roadmaps can be found on this page.
- http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths
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Product information is available via the Offering Information Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi
Also, visit the Passport Advantage® Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage
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No publications are shipped with this product.
A printed Quick Start Guide only is shipped with this product. For
the WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository V6.3 Information Center, visit
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/sr/v6r3/index.jsp
The IBM Publications
Center
- http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/order
The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications
and marketing material with a catalog of 70,000 items. Extensive search facilities
are provided. Payment options for orders are via credit card (in the U.S.)
or customer number for 20 countries. A large number of publications are available
online in various file formats, and they can all be downloaded by all countries.
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
- AIX®
- IBM POWER™ family
of processors
- Minimum 2 GB physical memory, 3 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
- DVD-ROM drive
- HP-UX Intel® Itanium®
- Intel Itanium 2
processor
- Minimum 2 GB physical memory, 3 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
- DVD-ROM drive
- Linux on
x86
- Linux on
x86-64
- Intel EM64T
or AMD Opteron. (64-bit kernel support only)
- Minimum 2 GB physical memory, 3 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
- DVD-ROM drive
- Linux on
Power
- PowerPC® POWER 5
at 375 MHz, or faster
- Minimum 2 GB physical memory, 3 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
- DVD-ROM drive
- Linux on IBM System
z®
- IBM System
z processor
- Minimum 2 GB physical memory, 3 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
- DVD-ROM drive
- Sun Solaris SPARC
- Sun Solaris operating environment-compatible SPARC workstation
- Minimum 2 GB physical memory, 3 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
- DVD-ROM drive
- Microsoft Windows (supported
with 32-bit IBM WebSphere Application
Server)
- Microsoft Windows (supported
with 64-bit IBM WebSphere Application
Server)
- Intel EM64T
or AMD Opteron
- Minimum 2 GB physical memory, 3 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
- DVD-ROM drive
For the latest information on WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
hardware requirements, visit
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3163&uid=swg27012652
Any hardware that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running
the specified operating system, all the corresponding supporting software,
and any associated applications unmodified. The responsibility to provide
a statement of full compatibility between machines lies with the original
equipment provider (if not IBM).
Software requirements
AIX
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 32-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- AIX 6.1
with Recommended Maintenance package 6100-00-01-0748
- AIX
5L™ 5.3 with Service Pack 5300-04-01, or later (32- and 64-bit kernel
support)
- Operating systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- AIX 6.1
with Recommended Maintenance package 6100-00-01-0748
- AIX
5L 5.3 with Service Pack 5300-04-01, or later (64-bit kernel support)
- Database requirements
- DB2® V9.5
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX®, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database™ Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with fix pack 5, or
later
- Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions Release 2
- Oracle 11g Standard and Enterprise Editions
HP-UX on Itanium
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- HP-UX 11iv3 (11.31) (64-bit kernel support) (refer to IBM WebSphere Application
Server release notes)
- HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23) with standard patch bundles of March 2006 and September
2004 Bundle 11i + Java™ patches PHCO_30476 and PHSS_34201 (64-bit kernel
support)
- Database requirements
- DB2 V9.5
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with fix pack 5, or
later
- Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions Release 2
- Oracle 11g Standard and Enterprise Editions
Linux on
x86
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 32-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- Asianux Linux 3.0
x86-32
- Asianux Linux 3.0
x86-64-Tolerate
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 with Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 with Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server (SLES) 9 with SP2 or 3
- SLES 10; for related information, refer to technotes #1251265 and #1251362
- Database requirements
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with fix pack 5, or
later
- Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions Release 2
- Oracle 11g Standard and Enterprise Editions
Linux on
x86-64
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 with Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 with Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- SLES 9 with SP2 or 3
- SLES 10; for related information, refer to technotes #1251265 and #1251362
- Database requirements
- DB2 V9.5
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with fix pack 5, or
later
- Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions Release 2
- Oracle 11g Standard and Enterprise Editions
Linux on POWER systems
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 32-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 with Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- SLES 9 with SP2 or 3
- SLES 10; for related information, refer to technotes #1251265 and #1251362
- Operating systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 with Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- SLES 9 with SP2 or 3
- SLES 10; for related information, refer to technotes #1251265 and #1251362
- Database requirements
- DB2 V9.5
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with fix pack 5, or
later
- Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions Release 2
- Oracle 11g Standard and Enterprise Editions
Linux on IBM System
z
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 with Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- SLES 9 with SP2 or 3
- SLES 10; for related information, refer to technotes #1251265 and #1251362
- Database requirements
- DB2 V9.5
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with fix pack 5, or
later
Sun Solaris SPARC
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 32-bit WebSphere Application Server: Sun
Solaris 10 with the latest patch cluster (32- and 64-bit kernel support)
- Operating systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server: Sun
Solaris 10 with the latest patch cluster (64-bit kernel support)
- Database requirements
- DB2 V9.5
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with Fix pack 5, or
later
- Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions Release 2
- Oracle 11g Standard and Enterprise Editions
Microsoft Windows
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V7.0 with fix pack 3, or later
- Application server: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
V6.1 with fix pack 23, or later
- Operating systems supported with 32-bit WebSphere Application Server:
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Standard Edition x86-32
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Enterprise Edition x86-32
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Datacenter Edition x86-32
- Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Standard Edition x86-32 with SP1
- Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Enterprise Edition x86-32 with SP1
- Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Datacenter Edition x86-32
- Operating systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Standard Edition x86-64
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Enterprise Edition x86-64
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Datacenter Edition x86-64
- Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Standard Edition x86-64
- Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Enterprise Edition x86-64
- Database requirements
- DB2 V9.5
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2 V9.1
Enterprise Server Edition for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows
- DB2
Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 with fix pack 5, or
later
- Oracle 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions Release 2
- Oracle 11g Standard and Enterprise Editions
- Microsoft SQL
Server Enterprise 2005
For the latest information on WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
software requirements, visit
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3163&uid=swg27012652
The program's specifications and specified operating environment information
may be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such
as a README file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation
and other program content may be supplied only in the English language.
Limitations
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository is initially shipped in U.S. English. National language
versions will be made available.
For additional information, refer to Usage restriction in the Terms
and conditions section of this announcement, or to the license information
document that is available on the IBM Software License Agreement Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf
Planning information
Customer responsibilities
The customer must provide the minimum hardware and software environments
in which the licensed program runs.
Support for migration from WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
V6.0.2, V6.1, or V6.2, to V6.3 is provided. In order to migrate, customers
will need to apply the latest Fix Pack level available. For more information,
visit:
- http://www-306.ibm.com/software/integration/wsrr/support/
Installability
Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance)
is included with licenses purchased through Passport Advantage and Passport
Advantage Express. Product upgrades and technical support are provided
by the Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance)
offering as described in the Agreements. Product upgrades provide the latest
versions and releases to entitled software, and technical support provides
voice and electronic access to IBM support organizations, worldwide.
IBM includes
one year of Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software
Maintenance) with each program license acquired. The initial period of Software
Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance) can be
extended by the purchase of a renewal option, if available.
Packaging
- Quick Start Guide
- Quick Start CD-ROM
- WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository V6.3 DVDs
- WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment V7.0 DVDs
- DB2
Universal Database V9.5 CD-ROMs
- IBM Tivoli® Common
Reporting V1.2 DVD
Security, auditability, and control
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository uses the security and auditability features of the
host software.
The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation
of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls
in application systems and communication facilities.
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IBM Software
Services has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your services needs.
You can leverage the deep technical skills of our lab-based, software services
team and the business consulting, project management, and infrastructure expertise
of our IBM Global
Services team. Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach through IBM Business
Partners to provide an extensive portfolio of capabilities. Together, we provide
the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight, and technology leadership
to support a wide range of critical business needs.
To learn more about IBM Software Services or to contact a Software Services
sales specialist, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-services/
To locate an IBM Business
Partner, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/software/solutions/isv
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This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is
not available as shrinkwrap.
Product information
Licensed function title Product group Product
category
WebSphere Service Registry and IBM WebSphere
Repository Application
Integration
Middleware
Other
Program name PID Charge unit
number description
WebSphere Service Registry and 5724-N72 Processor Value
Repository Unit (PVU)
WebSphere Service Registry and 5724-N72 PVU
Repository
WebSphere Service Registry and 5724-N72 Processor Day
Repository
Charge metrics definitions
Processor Value Unit (PVU)
PVU is the unit of measure by which this program is licensed. PVU entitlements
are based on processor families (vendors and brands). A Proof of Entitlement
(PoE) must be obtained for the appropriate number of PVUs based on the level
or tier of all processor cores activated and available for use by the Program
on the server. Some programs allow licensing to less than the full capacity
of the server's activated processor cores, sometimes referred to as sub-capacity
licensing. For programs which offer sub-capacity licensing, if a server is
partitioned utilizing eligible partitioning technologies, then a PoE must
be obtained for the appropriate number of PVUs based on all activated processor
cores available for use in each partition where the program runs or is managed
by the program. Refer to the International Passport Advantage Agreement
Attachment for Sub-Capacity Terms or the program's License Information to
determine applicable sub-capacity terms. The PVU entitlements are specific
to the program and may not be exchanged, interchanged, or aggregated with
PVU entitlements of another program.
For general overview of PVUs for processor families (vendors and brands),
go to
- http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage/ pvu_licensing_for_customers.html
To calculate the exact PVU entitlements required for the program, go to
- https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/ valueunitcalculator/vucalc.wss
Passport
Advantage program licenses
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository
Part description Part
number
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
WS Service Registry and Repository per Proc Value Unit E02YFLL
Annual SW S&S Rnwl
WS Service Registry and Repository per Proc Value Unit D59D4LL
Lic + SW S&S 12 Mo
WS Svc Registry and Repository per Proc Value Unit SW D59D5LL
S&S Reinstate 12 Mo
Passport
Advantage Trade-up licenses
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository
Precursor product Trade-up product Part
number
WebSphere Service Registry
and Repository
Qualified Competitor WS Svc Reg Proc Value Unit D03PULL
from Qualified Comp Trdup
Lic + SW S&S 12 Mo
Passport Advantage supply
Program name/description Part
number
WS Service Reg & Repository V6.3.0
WS Service Registry and Repository V6.3 Multiplatform BA0VNML
Media Pk Multilingual
Passport Advantage customer: Media pack
entitlement details
Customers with active maintenance or subscription for the products listed
are entitled to receive the corresponding media pack.
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V6.3.0
Entitled maintenance Media packs description Part
offerings description number
IBM WebSphere Service WS Service Registry and BA0VNML
Registry and Repository Repository V6.3
per Value Unit for Linux Multiplatform Media Pk
on z Multilingual
WebSphere Service Registry WS Service Registry and BA0VNML
and Repository per Value Repository V6.3
Unit Multiplatform Media Pk
Multilingual
Cross-platform product for use on System z
Order the part numbers that follow when there is an intention to acquire
this cross-platform product for deployment on the System z or S/390® platform. This set of part numbers
provides the identical supply and authorization as the other set in this announcement.
The distinction is to identify the planned deployment platform.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository
Part description Part
number
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
WS Service Reg and Rep zLinux per Proc Value Unit E03P8LL
Annual SW S&S Rnwl
WS Service Reg and Rep zLinux per Proc Value Unit Lic + D60RPLL
SW S&S 12 Mo
WS Service Reg and Rep zLinux per Proc Value Unit SW D60RRLL
S&S Reinstate 12 Mo
On/Off CoD
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository
WS Service Reg and Rep Processor Day Per Use-DAY, On D59E2LL
Off Capacity on demand
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The information provided in this announcement letter is for reference and
convenience purposes only. The terms and conditions that govern any transaction
with IBM are
contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM International
Program License Agreement, IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement,
and the IBM Agreement
for Acquisition of Software Maintenance.
Licensing
IBM International
Program License Agreement including the License Information document and Proof
of Entitlement (PoE) govern your use of the Program. PoEs are required for
all authorized use.
Part number products only, offered outside of Passport Advantage, where
applicable, are license only and do not include Software Maintenance.
This software license includes Software Subscription and Support (also
referred to as Software Maintenance).
License Information form number
Program name Program Form number
number
WebSphere Service Registry and 5724-N72 L-SBRY-7QFLNP
Repository
The program's license information will be available for review on the IBM Software
License Agreement Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf
Limited warranty applies
Yes
Warranty
IBM warrants
that when the program is used in the specified operating environment, it will
conform to its specifications. The warranty applies only to the unmodified
portion of the program. IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation
of the program or that IBM will correct all program defects. You are responsible
for the results obtained from the use of the program.
IBM provides
you with access to IBM databases containing information on known program
defects, defect corrections, restrictions, and bypasses at no additional charge.
Consult theIBM Software
Support Handbook for further information at
- http://www.ibm.com/support/handbook
IBM will
maintain this information for at least one year after the original licensee
acquires the program (warranty period).
Program technical support
Technical support of a program product will be available for a minimum
of five years from the general availability date, as long as your Software
Maintenance is in effect. This technical support allows you to obtain assistance
(via telephone or electronic means) from IBM for product-specific, task-oriented
questions regarding the installation and operation of the program product.
Software Maintenance also provides you with access to updates, releases, and
versions of the program. You will be notified, via announcement letter, of
discontinuance of support with 12 months' notice. If you require additional
technical support from IBM, including an extension of support beyond the discontinuance
date, contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner. This extension may
be available for a fee.
Money-back guarantee
If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are the
original licensee, you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for it,
if within 30 days of your invoice date you return the program and its PoE
to the party from whom you obtained it. If you downloaded the program, you
may contact the party from whom you acquired it for instructions on how to
obtain the refund.
- For programs acquired under the IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement,
this term applies only to your first acquisition of the program.
- For programs acquired under any of IBM's On/Off CoD software offerings,
this term does not apply since these offerings apply to programs already acquired
and in use by you.
Authorization for use on home/Portable computer
The program may be stored on the primary machine and another machine, provided
that the program is not in active use on both machines at the same time. You
may not copy and use this program on another computer without paying additional
license fees.
Product name
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository No
Volume orders (IVO)
No
Passport Advantage applies
Yes, and through the Passport Advantage Web site at
- http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage
This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is
not available as shrinkwrap.
Usage restriction
Yes. The supplied copies of WebSphere Application Server and DB2
Universal Database are for use only with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
For additional information, refer to the license information document that
is available on the IBM Software License Agreement Web site
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf
Software Subscription and Support (also referred
to as Software Maintenance) applies
Yes. Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance)
is included with licenses purchased through Passport Advantage and Passport
Advantage Express. Product upgrades and technical support are provided
by the Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance)
offering as described in the Agreements. Product upgrades provide the latest
versions and releases to entitled software and Technical Support provides
voice and electronic access to IBM support organizations, worldwide.
IBM includes
one year of Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software
Maintenance) with each program license acquired. The initial period of Software
Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance) can be
extended by the purchase of a renewal option, if available.
While your Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software
Maintenance) is in effect, IBM provides you assistance for your routine, short duration
installation and usage (how-to) questions, and code-related questions. IBM provides
assistance via telephone and, if available, electronic access, to your information
systems (IS) technical support personnel during the normal business hours
(published prime shift hours) of your IBM support center. (This assistance is
not available to your end users.) IBM provides Severity 1 assistance 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. For additional details, consult yourIBM Software Support
Handbook at
- http://www.ibm.com/support/handbook
Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as Software Maintenance)
does not include assistance for the design and development of applications,
your use of programs in other than their specified operating environment,
or failures caused by products for which IBM is not responsible under the applicable
agreements.
For additional information about the International Passport Advantage Agreement
and the IBM International Passport
Advantage Express Agreement, visit the Passport Advantage Web site
at
- http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage
System i Software Maintenance applies
No
Educational allowance available
Not applicable.
On/Off CoD
To be eligible for On/Off CoD pricing, customers must be enabled for temporary
capacity on the corresponding hardware, and the required contract (Z125-6907),
Amendment for iSeries® and pSeries® Temporary
Capacity On Demand - Software - must be signed prior to use.
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IBM has
transformed its delivery of hardware and software support services to help
you achieve higher system availability. Electronic Services is a Web-enabled
solution that offers an exclusive, no-additional-charge enhancement to the
service and support available for IBM servers. These services are designed
to provide the opportunity for greater system availability with faster problem
resolution and preemptive monitoring. Electronic Services comprises two separate,
but complementary, elements: Electronic Services news page and Electronic
Services Agent.
The Electronic Services news page is a single Internet entry point that
replaces the multiple entry points traditionally used to access IBM Internet services
and support. The news page enables you to gain easier access to IBM resources
for assistance in resolving technical problems.
The Electronic
Service Agent™ is no-additional-charge software that resides on your server.
It monitors events and transmits system inventory information to IBM on a periodic,
client-defined timetable. The Electronic Service Agent automatically
reports hardware problems to IBM. Early knowledge about potential problems enables IBM to
deliver proactive service that may result in higher system availability and
performance. In addition, information collected through the Service Agent
is made available to IBM service support representatives when they help answer
your questions or diagnose problems. Installation and use of IBM Electronic
Service Agent for problem reporting enables IBM to provide better support and service
for your IBM server.
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Passport
Advantage
For Passport
Advantage information and charges, contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM Business Partner.
Additional information is also available at
- http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage
Business Partner information
If you are an IBM Business Partner -- Distributor for Workstation Software
acquiring products from IBM, you may link to Passport Advantage Online
for resellers where you can obtain Business Partner pricing information. An IBM ID
and password are required.
- https://www.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/paoreseller
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To order, contact the Americas Call Centers or your local IBM representative,
or your IBM Business
Partner.
To identify your local IBM representative or IBM Business Partner, call 800-IBM-4YOU
(426-4968).
Phone: 800-IBM-CALL (426-2255)
Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX (242-6329)
Internet: callserv@ca.ibm.com
Mail: IBM Teleweb Customer Support
ibm.com® Sales Execution Center, Americas North
3500 Steeles Ave. East, Tower 3/4
Markham, Ontario
Canada
L3R 2Z1
Reference: YE001
The Americas Call Centers, our national direct marketing organization,
can add your name to the mailing list for catalogs of IBM products.
Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.
Trademarks
POWER, AIX 5L, DB2 Universal Database and Electronic Service Agent are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
WebSphere, IBM, Rational, CICS, Passport Advantage, AIX, PowerPC, System z, DB2, Tivoli, S/390, iSeries, pSeries and ibm.com are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both.
ITIL is a registered trademark, and a registered community trademark of the Office of Government Commerce, and is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Intel, Itanium and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both.
Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Terms of use
IBM products
and services which are announced and available in your country can be ordered
under the applicable standard agreements, terms, conditions, and prices in
effect at the time. IBM reserves the right to modify or withdraw this announcement
at any time without notice. This announcement is provided for your information
only. Additional terms of use are located
at:
- http://www.ibm.com/legal/us/en/
For the most current information regarding IBM products, consult your IBM representative
or reseller, or visit the IBM worldwide contacts page
- http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/us/
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