How to communicate Jboss with unisys mainframe

[acastanheira2001]

Hi,

We have a java program, outside Jboss, that connects a Unisys mainframe (Nx) over TCP/IP, in order to get some data.

We want to "put" this java program into Jboss.

First idea: Create a Jboss service that calls the java program.

Second idea: Search for a standard method of communication between Jboss and Unisys mainframes. Is there something like a datasource to make this connection?

Thanks,
Andre

[peterj]

Is the Unisys mainframe a OS2200 or an MCP? Either way, you should open a CONTACT with Unisys support, They will forward it to the appropriate development group who can provided a better answer than I can. They will, of course, want more details.

I do know that there are JDBC drivers for the database on both the MCP and OS2200.

In addition, I know that JBossAS runs on both MCP and OS2200 - you will have to get the binaries from Unisys because they have made some changes, such as to hook into the security and transaction systems provided on the mainframes.

[acastanheira2001]

Peter,

I am interested in connection through JDBC.

There´s a link about that: http://www.unisys.com/products/mainframes/middleware/open__data__access/jdbc__for__mcp.htm

Does anybody have used this?

Andre

[peterj]

Used it? I did some of the high-level design work on it (before I left that project for my current position). It was based on an earlier JDBC-to-OLEDB driver that I designed and wrote (well, I had help writing and testing it). Of course, I have not used it in an enterprise setting, but your Unisys sales rep should be able to give you some of that information.