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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 window opens.
  2. Select Java EE .
  3. Click OK. The Java EE perspective opens.
  4. In the Java EE perspective, select File > New > Other.
  5. In the New page, select J2C > J2C Bean. Click Next
  6. In the Resource Adapters Selection page, select IMS TM. For this tutorial select IMS TM Resource Adapter (IBM:10.5.0), and click Next.
  7. On The Connector Import page, select WebSphere Application Server v. 7.0.
    Connector page
  8. On the Adapter Style page, select Inbound:
    Adapter Style page
  9. In the Connection Properties page,
    1. In the Activation Specification type field, accept the default.
    2. Required* In the JNDI name (Required) field, type a JNDI name for your connection.
    3. In the Authentication alias field, type an Authentication alias.
      Connection Properties page
    4. Click Next.
  10. You can obtain the connection information from your IMS system administrator. When you have provided the required connection information, click Next.
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