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Use WS-AtomicTransaction to integrate and synchronize CICS and WebSphere distributed transactions

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Level: Advanced

Xia Ning Zhang (zhangxn@cn.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM CSDL
Guo Qiang Li (ligq@cn.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM CSDL

09 Aug 2007

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The IBM® CICS® Transaction Server V3.1 now supports WS-Atomic Transaction (WS-AT), which means CICS is capable of processing distributed transactions that can run on different platforms. This article introduces you to WS-AT and its applications in CICS and IBM WebSphere® Application Server, focusing on how to enable WS-AT in CICS. You also learn about the WS-AT process for distributed transactions and how it increases flexibility and interoperability.

Objectives

  • Understand WS-AT.

  • Learn how to enable WS-AT features in CICS and WebSphere Application Server.

  • Learn how to build an application to synchronize CICS and WebSphere Application Server distributed transactions.

Prerequisites

This article assumes that you have an intermediate understanding of Web services and CICS Transaction Server V3.1, specifically how to develop a CICS Web service application. For further information about CICS Web services, you may want to see the CICS Transaction Server V3.1 Information Center.


System requirements

To successfully complete this tutorial, you need the following software installed on your system:

  • IBM z/OS® 1.4 or higher
  • CICS Transaction Server V3.1 (prepare two CICS regions)
  • IBM DB2® V8.2.1 for Microsoft® Windows® and DB2 V7 for z/OS
  • COBOL and C compliers for z/OS
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.0.2


Duration

Under 2 hours


Formats

html, pdf


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