IBM Integration Bus, Version 9.0.0.8 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-Itanium, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

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What's new in Version 9.0?

Learn about the main new functions in IBM® Integration Bus Version 9.0.

IBM Integration Bus is a compatible evolution of WebSphere® Message Broker that is designed to incorporate features that are found in WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. IBM Integration Bus provides a universal integration capability that addresses a wide range of integration scenarios. These scenarios include web services such as SOAP and REST, messaging, database, file, ERP systems, mobile, physical devices, email, custom systems and more. To reflect these new capabilities, the product name and some of the resource names have changed. For more information, see Name changes in IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0.

For details of the new features in IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0, see the following sections.

If you are migrating from WebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0. also see What else is new if you are migrating from WebSphere Message Broker Version 7.0 ?.

If you are migrating from WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.1, also see What else is new if you are migrating from WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.1?.

If you are migrating from WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, also see What's new in IBM Integration Bus for WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus users?.

Simplicity and productivity

Business rules
You can use IBM Integration Bus to write business rules by using natural language, so that they can be read easily by business users (for example, a business analyst). In IBM Integration Bus, you create a decision service, which is a collection of rules that are used to process a message. A DecisionService node executes those business rules to provide operations like routing, validation, and transformation. You can either write rules in the IBM Integration Toolkit, or import rules from IBM Operational Decision Manager. You can also retrieve rules from an external IBM Operational Decision Manager repository.

The DecisionService node allows IBM Integration Bus to call business rules that run on a component of IBM Decision Server that is provided with IBM Integration Bus. The IBM Integration Bus license entitles you to use this component only through the DecisionService node and only for development and functional test. To use the IBM Decision Server component beyond development and functional test, you must purchase a separate license entitlement for either IBM Decision Server or IBM Decision Server Rules Edition for Integration Bus.

For more information, see Business rules.

Discovery of services
Use IBM Integration Toolkit to discover services that you can use to connect to a database or to WebSphere MQ.
Database Service
Use the Database Service to make database operations accessible both within a message flow, and to external applications calling a message flow.
MQ Service
Use the MQ Service to connect to a WebSphere MQ application by discovering resources from existing WebSphere MQ Queue Managers.

For more information, see Database Service and MQ Service.

Message flow statistics in the web user interface
You can use the IBM Integration web user interface to start and stop the collection of message flow statistics, and to display snapshot statistical data in graphical and tabular formats. For more information, see Analyzing message flow performance.

Statistics multiple output formats
You can specify one or more of the following output formats for message flow accounting and statistics data:
  • m
  • XML
  • JSON
  • SMF
  • User trace

For more information, see Output formats for message flow accounting and statistics data.

Support for .NET

New patterns to rapidly integrate Microsoft applications
IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0 delivers additional productivity aids, enabling Microsoft applications to be rapidly integrated as part of a heterogeneous integration solution. Prebuilt patterns for Microsoft Dynamics CRM allow transformation and synchronization of client data with another CRM application. This facilitates sharing of the state of business relationships and transactions consistently across an organization, while preserving data quality.

.NETInput node
The .NETInput node provides an easy way to drive message flows that can receive data from other applications that have Microsoft .NET or Component Object Model (COM) interfaces. This feature builds upon the Microsoft .NET Framework support that is introduced in WebSphere Message Broker Version 8.0, that you can use to host and run .NET applications and code inside a broker. The .NETInput node provides C#, Visual Basic, and Visual F# templates for Microsoft Visual Studio, which when implemented, connect and retrieve the data for the node. For example, the .NETInput node can be used to retrieve messages from MSMQ.

For information about configuring and using the .NETInput node, see .NETInput node and Using .NET.

You can also create a template from an instance of a .NETInput node in a message flow. The result is a Cloned node that has its own icon, properties and runtime implementation, which can be easily exported and shared with other IBM Integration Toolkit developers. For more information, see Cloning a .NETInput node.

.NETInput node sample
A sample is provided to demonstrate how to use the .NETInput node. For more information, see .NETInput node to MSMQ. You can view information about samples only when you use the product documentation that is integrated with the IBM Integration Toolkit or the online product documentation. You can run samples only when you use the product documentation that is integrated with the IBM Integration Toolkit.

Graphical mapping

Database Routine transform

The Database Routine transform is provided to enable calling a stored procedurefrom a graphical data map. You can then create mappings from the output parameters, return values, and result sets from your Database Routine by using the Return transform.

For more information, see Database routine and Calling a stored procedure.

Web services

Web services enhancements improve security and reliability.
Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Non-English host names can be used in web browsers to accommodate non-native English speakers as a significant group of Internet users.

SSL client authentication selection key
SSL-based nodes can specify a key alias for use by the JSSE layer for a key in the keystore to be used for a specified connection.

Inbound and Outbound support for multiple personal certificates
As a sender, you can dynamically specify which certificate is used to identify IBM Integration Bus to an external application. As a listener, you can dynamically select the certificate to apply to an incoming request.

HTTP BasicAuth support
HTTP BasicAuth support is enhanced to more closely adhere to the BasicAuth specification.

Support for multiple Kerberos Service Principals in a single broker
The previous restriction of one Kerberos Service Principal per broker host is removed. You can now define a Kerberos Service Principal per broker and per integration server.

Support for Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) on SSL requests
You can configure IBM Integration Bus to check CRLs when it is acting as an HTTP provider. For more information, see Working with certificate revocation lists

Universal connectivity for SOA

Integration with IBM Business Process Manager Standard Edition
You can use IBM Business Process Manager with IBM Integration Bus. You can make use of patterns and samples from IBM Integration Bus to implement IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Integration services.

For more information, see Working with IBM Business Process Manager.

IBM Integration administration for WebSphere Application Server
An administrator for WebSphere Application Server can start or stop integration servers, applications, integration services, and message flows by using the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console. The role-based security model that IBM Integration provides determines whether the actions are authorized.

Coordinated transactions for CICS® requests
CICSRequest nodes support one-phase commit coordinated transactions, which means that multiple requests to a CICS server can be handled as part of the same transaction and will be committed or rolled back together depending on the outcome of the message flow. For more information, see CICSRequest node and Message flow transactions.

CICS activity log
The CICS activity log provides a high-level overview of the recent interactions between IBM Integration Bus and CICS. For more information, see CICS Activity log.

Application-to-application integration
IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0 can receive events that are emitted from WebSphere Application Server when Web Service client requests are intercepted by a Local Mapping Service. See Record and replay.

IBM MessageSight integration
IBM MessageSight provides a high-volume, high-capacity messaging capability for mobile and enterprise applications and is designed for use on the edge of an enterprise network. IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0 can connect to IBM MessageSight by using the existing JMS nodes. You can then use IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0 to route data between large numbers of external devices and enterprise applications. IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0 includes a pattern that demonstrates how you can use this integration capability. For information about the pattern, see IBM MessageSight: Inbound event filter

Dynamic operation management

Workload management
Allows system administrators to monitor and adjust the speed that messages are processed, as well as controlling the actions taken on unresponsive flows and threads.

For more information, see Workload management.

Integration Registry
The IBM Integration Bus provides an Integration Registry, which can store Workload Management Policies and MQ Service definitions.

For more information, see Integration Registry.

Integration server user IDs on z/OS
On z/OS, you can specify an alternative user ID to run an integration server so that it accesses resources according to the permissions assigned to it, rather than the permissions assigned to the main broker user ID. For more information, see Integration server user IDs on z/OS.

High performance and scalability

Host WebSphere eXtreme Scale container servers in multi-instance brokers
When you require high availability, you can host multiple container servers in a multi-instance broker. If the active instance of the broker fails, the global cache switches to use the container servers in the standby instance of the broker. A new XML policy file is provided that demonstrates this configuration. You can now specify multiple listener hosts for a multi-instance broker.

For more information, see Configuring the global cache for multi-instance brokers.

Scale mode in Standard Edition

If you purchase the Standard Edition license, you are entitled to run brokers in either Standard mode or Scale mode. For more information about these modes, see Operation modes.

Platforms and environments

Additional features that detail improved control over message processing, updated ODBC database driver support, and support for Standard Edition on z/OS.

Conversion of WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources
You can develop IBM Integration Bus applications and integration services by using WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus development resources. You can use the WebSphere ESB conversion tool to help you convert WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus development resources.

For more information, see Developing integration solutions by using WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources.

The WebSphere ESB conversion tool accelerates the conversion of WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus resources to IBM Integration Bus resources while reducing administration overhead and extending the reusability of service components.

For more information, see The WebSphere ESB conversion tool.

Aggregation sub-second timeouts
Aggregated message processing now allows the setting of the timeout property to one decimal place, resulting in timeout intervals of less than one second if required.

For more information, see Setting timeout values for aggregation.

Developer Edition is restricted to processing one message per second
Developer Edition is limited to one message (transaction) per second at the message flow level.

For more information, see Operation modes.

DataDirect V7.0 driver support
On Windows, Linux and UNIX systems, IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0 ships with the DataDirect V7.0 ODBC drivers.

For more information, see Enabling ODBC connections to the databases.

Standard Edition now supported on z/OS
IBM Integration Bus for z/OS is now available in Standard Edition.

For more information, see License requirements.

Troubleshooting and support

Verify the ODBC environment on Linux and UNIX systems
The mqsicvp command is run automatically when you start a broker by using the mqsistart command. The command checks that the broker environment is set up correctly. This checking has been enhanced to verify that the ODBC environment is configured correctly on Linux and UNIX systems. When you run this command from the command line on Linux and UNIX systems, it also validates the connection to all data sources that are listed in the odbc.ini file that have been associated with the broker by using the mqsisetdbparms command.

For more information, see mqsicvp command.


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