Restrictions for the IMS TM resource adapter

IMS TM Resource Adapter has some restrictions with their support of JCA 1.5 implementations.

  • IMS TM Resource Adapter do not provide the JCA 1.5 Kerberos support.
  • For a complete description of the restrictions for building composite business applications that invoke IMS conversational transactions, see the IMS Connect conversational support topic in IMS Communications and Connections information.
  • New features that are added after IMS TM Resource Adapter Version 10 require TCP/IP connections (no Local Option).
  • For generic Java™ EE application servers, including WebSphere® Liberty servers, two-phase commit (2PC), MFS functions, and conversational and global transactions (XA) are not supported. These features are supported only when the IMS TM resource adapter runs in IBM® WebSphere Application Server.
    Important: The information provided in this set of IMS TM resource adapter documentation is mainly based on the use of WebSphere Application Server. IMS TM resource adapter functions that are not supported in WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile are not supported in other generic Java EE application servers.