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Lesson 1: Select a resource adapter

This lesson leads you through the detailed steps to select and configure the resource adapter to connect to the IMS™ server.
Connecting to the IMS server
  1. If the Java™ EE icon, Java EE perspective, does not appear in the top right tab of the workspace, you need to switch to the Java EE perspective. From the menu bar, select Window > Open Perspective > Other. The Select Perspective page opens.
  2. Select Java EE, and click OK. The Java EE perspective opens.
  3. In the Java EE perspective, select File > New > Other.
  4. In the New page, select J2C > J2C Bean. Click Next
  5. In the Resource Adapters Selection page, select IMS TM. For this tutorial select IMS TM Resource Adapter (IBM:10.2.0). Click Next.
  6. On The Connector Import page, select WebSphere® Application Server v. 7.0.
    Connector page
  7. On the Adapter Style page, select Outbound.
    Scenario Selection page
  8. On the Scenario Selection page, select IMS COBOL, PL/I, or C-based applications.
    Scenario Selection page
  9. In the Connection Properties page, select Managed connection.
  10. If you already have a JNDI connection created, click Browse to locate your JNDI. If you do not have a JNDI connection, click New.
  11. On the Server Selection page, select WebSphere Application Server v7.
  12. Click Next.
  13. On the New J2C Connection Factory page, accept the default Connection class name of com.ibm.connector2.ims.ico.IMSManagedConnectionFactory. In the blank fields, enter all the required connection information. Required fields, indicated by an asterisk (*), include the following:
    1. For TCP/IP connection:
      1. Host name: (Required) The IP address or host name of IMS Connect.
      2. Port Number: (Required) The number of the port used by the target IMS connect.
    2. For local option connection:
      1. IMS Connect name: (Required) The name of the target IMS connect.
    3. For both:
      1. Data Store Name: (Required) The name of the target IMS data store.
      Important: You can obtain the connection information from your IMS system administrator.
  14. When you have provided the required connection information, click Next.
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