Message flow porting

If you have configured a message flow that runs on an integration node on a distributed system, and you now want to deploy it to an integration node that runs on z/OS®, you might have to take additional actions to port the flow successfully.

Consider the following resources and attributes:

WebSphere® MQ queue manager and queue names
WebSphere MQ imposes some restrictions for resource names on z/OS:
  • The queue manager name cannot be greater than four characters.
  • All queue names must be in uppercase. Although using quotation marks preserves the case, certain WebSphere MQ activities on z/OS cannot find the queue names being referenced.

For more information about configuring on z/OS, refer to the Concepts and Planning Guide section of the WebSphere MQ Version 7.5 product documentation online

File system references
File system references must reflect a UNIX file path. If you deploy a message flow to z/OS that you have previously run on Windows, you might have to make changes. If you have previously deployed the message flow to a UNIX system (AIX®, Linux®, Solaris, or HP-UX), you do not have to make any changes.
Databases
If the message flow accesses one or more databases, it might be subject to some restrictions based on the system on which the database is defined. These restrictions are described in IBM® Integration Bus system requirements.