GSE UK Conference 2007

"Virtually Yourz"

Session AJ: CICS & TCP/IP High Availability.

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Session Speaker: Mike Brooks (IBM)

Session Chairman: Dave Dickerson (RBS)

When: Wednesday 31st October @ 13:45

Where: Kenilworth 2

AJ: CICS & TCP/IP High Availability

Abstract:

The almost universal acceptance of TCP/IP networking has demanded many improvements in the zSeries networking infrastructure in order to offer the same Qualities of Service for TCP/IP networks as historically provided for mainframe based SNA networks. This talk explains how the TCP/IP load balancing technology provided by Communications Server for z/OS can be utilised by z/OS sub-systems such as CICS, CICS Transaction Gateway, or MQ Series, to provide the performance, recovery and availability characteristics required in a modern zSeries enterprise environment. The talk will introduce you to the Port Sharing, VIPA, and Sysplex Distributor functions of Communications Server, contrast these with proprietary TCP/IP load balancing solutions, and provide real-life examples of how they have been exploited in customer environments

Mike Brooks is one of the senior developers for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS. He has spent more than 20 years working with the CICS product set. In the latest release he was the technical leader for the team that provided IPIC Interconnectivity function.


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