How WebSphere, DB2, CICS, IMS and WebSphere MQ interoperate. Learn why three IBM clients have chosen the reliability, availability, scalability and security that a CICS Transactional Server can provide when combined with IBM middleware products. This white paper will show you how CICS supports the latest SOA.
CICS Transaction Server for z/OSWhite paper
System z software working in harmony for the SOA enterprise of today and tomorrow. How WebSphere, DB2, CICS, IMS and WebSphere MQ interoperate
By Nick Carlin, IBM Software Group
March 2008System z software working in harmony for the SOA enterprise of today and tomorrow.Page
IntroductionContents This paper is aimed at IT architects and managers who need to understand how ®2 Introduction IBM CICS Transaction Server can be used in a modern service oriented archi-2 Renault tecture (SOA) enterprise solution. 3 Renault hardware environment3 Renault software environment We discuss the technical solution details behind three examples of IBM clients 15 Why System z for Renault? who use CICS Transaction Server in different ways along with other key IBM ® T ®15 Crédit Agricole middleware products, including IBM DB2 , IBM IMS , IBM WebSphere 16 Crédit Agricole LCL Application Server and IBM WebSphere MQ. We discuss the reasons why these banking applications clients chose to extend or deploy new applications to the mainframe. 17 Crédit Agricole: CICS Transaction Gateway using sysplex distributor In all cases, we found that the premier service characteristics provided by main-for workload management and frames (reliability, availability, scalability and security) coupled with the low high availability total cost of ownership offered by the platform led these clients to deploy on the T21 Crédit Agricole: Putting it all IBM System z platform. together at LCL and CA-SILCA23 Vestigo In all cases, CICS Transaction Server was chosen because of its maturity and 23 Vestigo: Cash management overall excellent performance characteristics. and trading application Renault25 Do we need to replace or extend an existing application? Renault is a leading vehicle manufacturer based in France, operating on a 27 Summary global basis with manufacturing sites around the world. Renault is a forward-27 For more information thinking company that creates innovative products. It is a pioneer in using green technologies, such as biofuels, and has won numerous Formula One rac-ing championships as constructor and driver.
With annual revenues of more than 40 billion euros and a team of over 120 000 full-time employees worldwide, the Renault Retail Group is committed to deliv-ering a quality experience that ensures the company's top position.
Renault has built a production management system based on IBM System z mainframe hardware and software technologies. Renault's primary reason for placing the solution on the mainframe was to meet the high levels of service required for the application. Furthermore, Renault simplified management for this composite application by deploying the different layers in a clustered main-frame environment that is managed as a single system. System z software working in harmony for the SOA enterprise of today and tomorrow.Page
As a result of deploying on the System z platform, Renault's IT department is providing a truly premier computing solution to its business users while enjoy-ing a low total cost of ownership (TCO).
Renault hardware environmentRenault's hardware environment includes two mainframes:
T ®IBM eServer zSeries 990 2084-B16 (five general purpose processors, 7.5 GB central storage) ®IBM System z9 EC 2094-S18 (four general purpose processors, 7.5 GB central storage)
Renault software environmentRenault's software environment includes these products:
®IBM z/OS , Version 1.8WebSphere Application Server, Versions 5.1 and 6.1CICS Transaction Server, Versions 2.2 and 3.2CICS Transaction Gateway, Version 7IMS, Version 8 (migrating to Version 10)WebSphere MQ, Version 6DB2, Version 8System Automation for z/OS, Version 2
Renault has eight production logical partitions (LPARs) in two IBM Parallel ®Sysplex environments for production and preproduction, plus numerous test LPARs. The applications running in this environment serve a number of criti-cal business functions such as Parts Management, Factory Management, Communications and Production Control. The Production Control application is known as GPI, which stands for Gestion de Production Intégrée.System z software working in harmony for the SOA enterprise of today and tomorrow.Page
Renault's software environment includes the following key applications and products:
GPIOne of the most critical applica... [download for more]
