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System requirements for WebSphere Message Broker V7.0 on Linux for System z
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This document contains the system requirements for WebSphere Message Broker V7.0 on Linux for System z.
 
 
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Mandatory Requirements
- Message Broker Runtime

Optional Requirements
- Additional applications that can be used/connected
- Embedded application software



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General Information
  • WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere MQ Integrator, and Integrator Broker product READMEs
  • Where patches for a product are specified, this means that these patches were required to resolve problems found during testing and should therefore be considered as the minimum necessary maintenance level. Further maintenance should be applied in accordance with the guidance of the relevant software manufacturer.
  • Defect support is available for virtualization environments where they relate to releases of this platform already supported by WebSphere Message Broker. Unless stated elsewhere in the system requirements, WebSphere Message Broker has not been specifically tested in virtualization environments. WebSphere Message Broker Support is therefore unable to assist in issues related to configuration and setup, or issues that are directly related to the virtualization environment itself.



Mandatory Requirements

Message Broker Runtime Environment
Hardware RequirementsAny server capable of running one of the listed Linux for System z releases.
Operating Systems
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (plus SP3 and optional component compat-libstdc++-lsb-4.0.2)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10
Application Software



Optional Requirements

Embedded application software
Supported AdaptersWebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0 supports WebSphere Adapters Version 7.0. For more information about the hardware and software requirements of WebSphere Adapters, see Supported software for IBM WebSphere Adapters and IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapters.

If you plan to use WebSphere Adapters on any supported operating system, you must obtain the appropriate Enterprise Information System (EIS) client libraries from the relevant EIS vendor (for example, PeopleSoft, Siebel, or SAP). The client libraries are required to complete connections between Adapters nodes and the EIS; install them on each computer on which you run a broker that hosts message flows that include Adapters nodes.
WebSphere Service Registry & Repository
WebSphere Transaction Extender for Integration Servers


Additional applications that can be used/connected
Databases
Automatic Client Reroute for DB2 is supported.

Globally coordinated transaction support (‘XA’) is supported.

IBM DB2 Database Server - System i support:
  • Brokers can access DB2 Databases on System i servers running OS/400 V5R3, V5R4 or V6R1 via DB2 Connect or System i for Windows.
  • This support is subject to the following restrictions:
    1. Globally coordinated 'XA' transactions are not supported.
    2. Database stored procedures on the System i server may be called, when using DB2 Connect, but not with System i Access for Windows.

IBM DB2 Database Server - System z support:
  • Brokers can access DB2 Databases on System z servers via DB2 Connect. Supported versions of DB2 can be found here.
Brokers can access Information Integrator data sources, for user data, on WebSphere Information Integrator V9.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows.

Brokers can access, via JDBC only, Information Integrator data sources for user data on WebSphere Information Integrator Classic Federation (IICF) for z/OS, where the WebSphere IICF client code is provided for the Message Broker platform.
  • Oracle 10g Release 2

Globally coordinated transaction support (‘XA’) is supported.

This support is subject to the following restrictions:
  1. Only the connect-time failover feature of Oracle RAC is supported.
  2. Oracle RAC is supported in XA environments for Oracle 10g Release 2 Service Release 4 or later.
  • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) V15
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (plus Service Pack 1)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008

This support is subject to the following restrictions:
  1. Large objects (LOBs) are not supported.
  2. Stored procedures are supported with Informix Client SDK V3.50 with FC4 Fix Pack.
JMS ProvidersThe JMSInput and JMSOutput nodes are compatible with any JMS provider that conforms to the Java Message Service Specification, version 1.1.
JDBC type 4 supportFor non-XA transactions, you can create a JDBC type 4 connection from a broker to all the database servers that are supported.

For JDBC XA connections, the following restriction applies:
  1. Only DB2 and Oracle are supported.

For JDBC type 4 connections to DB2, the following restriction applies:
  1. You need either DB2 Version 9.1 with Fix Pack 3 or later, or DB2 9.5.

JDBC type 4 drivers are not supplied with WebSphere Message Broker; obtain these files from your database vendor. The following drivers are supported:
  • IBM DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ Version 9.1 and 9.5
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver 1.1 for use with Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver 1.12 for use with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Oracle 10gR2 JDBC Driver
  • Sybase jConnect for JDBC 6.05
  • IBM Informix JDBC 3.00.JC3
Business Process Automation and Monitoring
License Manager
SecurityThe runtime security manager interacts with the following external security providers:
System Management
Troubleshooting
CompilersIf you develop user-defined extensions in C or Java, you need the appropriate supported software:
  • GNU gcc, Version 4.1 or later
  • Java Version 6 (also known as Java 1.6) SR6 or later Service Release


Change History
  • 6th November 2009: WebSphere Message Broker 7.0 release.
 
 
 

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Document information
 Product categories:
 Software
 Business Integration and Optimization
 Application Integration and Connectivity
 WebSphere Message Broker
 Documentation
 Operating system(s):
  Linux
 Software version:
  7.0
 Reference #:
  7017130
 IBM Group:
 Software Group
 Modified date:
 2009-11-06

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