PK73105: PROVIDES A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR DYNAMIC ROUTING OF IMS CONNECT MESSAGES

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• This APAR will provide the following:
  1. Provides a new technique for dynamic routing of IMS Connect
  messages.  The new technique is called Rules Based Routing.  It
  provides a much simpler method for defining the rules that
  provide the details of how IMS Connect should dynamically route
  input messages to a list of candidate datastores.
  2.  Add the ability to issue the IMS Connect Extensions Refresh
  Command via the Batch Command Utility.   This is being done to
  enable automation of changes to the IMS Connect Extensions
  definitions
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Users of IMS Connect Extensions V2.1.    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Provide a new technique for Dynamic     *
  *                      Routing of IMS Connect messages         *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  1. New feature that provides a simple means of defining how a
  message should be dynamically routed within the IMS Connect
  environment. The new feature is called Rules Based Routing.
  2. New feature that adds the abilty to use the batch command
  utility to issue the IMS Connect Extensions 'Refresh' command.
  3. Provides support for the IMS Connect Degraded system
  performance SPE
  4. Correct abend 051-516 when the IMS Connect local port tries
  to connect to WAS when the Publisher API is active
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• 1. Added a new technique for defining dynamic routing of
  messages by message type.  The changes include new ISPF
  ISPF panels to define the new environment as well as new
  and changed modules to implement the changes.
  2. The batch command utility has been changed to allow
  inclusion of CEX refresh commands so that changes to CEX
  processing can be staged as required.
  3. Modules CEXEXRTR has been changed to provide support for
  the IMS  Degraded Performance SPE UK39175 and UK39380.
  These changes also inlcude support for a new event record
  type 45 for datastore status change notification.
  4. Changed module CEXPUBMN to prevent 052-516 abend when the
  local port is present and ICON attempts to connect to WAS.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UK43455

Modules/Macros

• CEX##RT  CEX#DEFN CEX#MPR1 CEX#RLDE CEX#RLDS
  CEX#RLDT CEX#RLNA CEX#RLOP CEX#RLSE CEX#RTA1 CEX#RTDE CEX#RTDI
  CEX#RTDT CEX#RTMA CEX#RTMF CEX#RTMT CEX#RTM1 CEX#RTM2 CEX#RTM3
  CEX#RTM4 CEX#RTM5 CEX#RTNA CEX#RTO1 CEX#RTSC CEX#RTSE CEX#STDI
  CEX#STSC CEXACL10 CEXAGDEP CEXBCMD  CEXBCMD0 CEXBCMD1 CEXBDDSG
  CEXBDDSV CEXBDSI0 CEXBDSI1 CEXBDSO0 CEXBDSO1 CEXBMIG0 CEXBMIG1
  CEXCERE  CEXCMDT  CEXCODEP CEXCOMM  CEXCONS  CEXCONSC CEXCONSI
  CEXCONSP CEXCONSS CEXCREFP CEXCR45  CEXDEFNP CEXDFDRV CEXDFN1
  CEXDFN2  CEXDFN3  CEXDFN4  CEXDFN5  CEXDFN6  CEXDFRTG CEXDFRTL
  CEXDFRT2 CEXD00   CEXD01   CEXEVTPR CEXEXRTR CEXFUNCM CEXLGDRV
  CEXMAIN  CEXMPDEP CEXMSGCM CEXMSGL  CEXMSGT  CEXM03   CEXOCMDS
  CEXOKEYS CEXOPDRV CEXPUBMN CEXPUDRV CEXRLDEP CEXRSNT  CEXRTAP1
  CEXRTDEP CEXSHELL CEXTECL  CEXTECL1 CEXTRDEP H28S210J
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS CONNECT EXT

• Fixed component ID

  5655K4800

Applicable component levels

• R210 PSY UK43455

     UP09/01/29 P F901

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