The zLinux front end will only be for users coming in with XML over either MQ Series or TCP/IP. We handle direct communication to our users using MQ Series and TCP/IP with our native message formats currently. Our users are various state agencies.
We don't have regular users with terminals. All of our input comes in from our users over TCP/IP or MQ Series directly into our custom communications front-end software. This software used to handle BSC, SNA, MQ Series and TCP/IP along with a "application-flavored" version of TCP/IP for some users. It runs in what we call CORs (not TORs). We no longer have SNA or BSC users. The CORs are responsible for changing any input to a common format for the AORs (i.e. non-protocol specific and a bunch of other things besides that) and for the opposite on the outbound side. It is also used for automated retry/disposal of undeliverable messages (either from a request/response type message or for unsolicited messages to the users). We have a bunch of back-end software that performs searches on daily log files (we have the transaction logs online back to 1990) for our users. Exact match name/dob type searches on those ~17 years of log files takes only 30-40 seconds. The log files and the indexes that are used in the search software are kept current up tio midnight on the prior day. We are going to translate the inbound XML back to the existing message formats so that we don't either break or have to rewrite the back-end software). Of course, the reverse on the outbound side. We don't do web/soap etc (yet) due to the sensitivity of the data that we hold. We did evaluate other methods of handling XML including using Cobol Parse, middleware packages etc but with our system being very customized without "regular" terminal users, this approach seemed to suit our needs best. Regards, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hare Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:21 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux experience - Solaris? I'm curious - why a z/Linux front end to handle XML, MQ, and TCP/IP inbound messages when CICS has the facilities for all of them (and SOAP/ Web Services, HTTP, etc.)? I'm not denigrating the choice, just curious about what the deciding factors were. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 11/01/2006 09:58:26 AM: > David, > > I suspect that we may be interested here at the FBI. > > However, our needs would require MQ Series compatibility at a minimum. > > The FBI does not install "stuff" that does not have support from the > manufacturer. We are currently running some POC code under zLinux (LPAR > mode) with a view to running under VM eventually. We have not yet > decided on SUSE or RHEL (each seems to have its pros and cons). This POC > code is a front-end to our normal system and translates XML in and out > and sends it to our normal communications front-end (running under z/OS > & CICS) via MQ. The current communications front-end can handle TCP/IP > or MQ inbound messages. > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kielek, Samuel > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:45 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: zLinux experience - Solaris? > > David, > > You should submit this to the opensolaris-discuss list so that it can > become an approved project and listed on the communities portal. I > believe that should help drive up interest and participation. > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/communities/ > > -Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Boyes > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:18 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: zLinux experience - Solaris? > > > Rich this is indeed interesting, is this a one-off, or a serious > project > > we are taking about here? > > Oh, we're quite serious...8-) I guess it is time for a quick update > since the last round of discussion -- thanks to the folks who deferred > to letting me get organized first. > > SNA is currently engaged in producing a port of OpenSolaris for zSeries. > The port is specifically designed to run as a VM guest and to take > advantage of CP functions and services wherever possible. > > The port currently initializes the kernel, does some device detection, > and dies horribly in initializing the virtual memory manager. Both IBM > and Sun have expressed an interest in the work, and have committed some > hardware assistance, but the majority of the development is still in our > spare time. > > If this is something that would be useful to your shop, contact me > offline. If you would like to contribute money or manpower, also contact > me offline. > Either contribution would dramatically speed up the delivery of this > project. > > -- db > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
