ODM Optim Connect

ODM Optim Connect provides access to data in Optim™ Archive Files for applications that use the ODBC and JDBC APIs. IBM® has withdrawn support for the Optim Connect components and technology associated with parts that have also been withdrawn from marketing.

Note: Effective December 16, 2022, IBM withdrew support for the Optim Connect components and technology associated with the parts withdrawn from marketing specified in the link below. Passport Advantage clients who have S&S contracts that extend beyond the end of support date, or have S&S contracts within ELAs that extend beyond the end of support date, will continue to receive support in accordance with their current S&S and ELA contract terms. However, after the end of support date, support provided by IBM for Optim Connect technology will be limited to Client’s routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to) questions, and IBM will provide existing code patches and fixes but will not develop or provide new patches or fixes. For more information see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/wd-infosphere-optim-products-dsw.

The Optim z/OS® Solution must be installed prior to installing Optim Connect.

Optim Connect is implemented using a custom driver that provides access to Archive Files or Archive File Collections. Optim Connect is a rich peer-to-peer networking product. A full set of manuals is included with Optim Connect. This appendix describes how to install, configure, and use Optim Connect to provide access to Archive Files.

Deployment Strategy

To be accessed using Optim Connect, an Archive File must be registered in an Optim Directory on the z/OS Optim Connect Server machine.

A primary Optim Connect Server resides on the machine that contains the Optim Directory and includes one or more Optim Connect data sources defined for Archive Files or Archive File Collections.

If JDBC is the sole API used to access archived data, a direct connection is made to the Optim Connect Server; however, you must install the Optim Connect Server Thin Client on each Windows machine that will use JDBC to access archived data.

If ODBC is used to access archived data, the thin ODBC client can connect directly to an Optim Connect Server without the need of a secondary server.

You can use Optim Connect Studio, which is included with your Optim Connect installation, to administer the server from a single Windows machine. Documentation is located in the ODM/Optim Connect Documentation subdirectory of the Optim z/OS Solution documentation CD.