In assembling your project team, consider the skills you need to
implement WebSphere® ESB for z/OS®.
In assembling your project team, you should consider the skills you need
to implement
WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS. This
article discusses the recommended skill set necessary to support the following
configurations:
- Basic configurations
- Production environments
Documentation to support the z/OS skills described here can be found
at this web site: z/OS Internet Library.
For basic configurations:
Below are the recommended skills necessary to support a basic configuration:
- z/OS UNIX®
System Services and the hierarchical file system (HFS) to set up a functional
HFS and UNIX® environment.
- eNetwork Communications Server (TCP/IP) or equivalent to configure connectivity
for WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS clients and servers.
- Resource recovery services (RRS) to implement resource recovery services
and to support two-phase commit transactions.
- Security Server (RACF®), or the security product you use to authenticate WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS clients and servers, and
authorize access to resources.
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to enable security if desired (recommended).
- SMP/E and JCL.
- System logger to set up log streams for RRS and the WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS error
log.
- Webserver to support HTTP clients if desired.
- Workload management (WLM).
- Java™ and WebSphere Application
Server tooling to support application development and deployment.
Depending on the needs of the applications you deploy, you might also need
skills to configure the resource managers your applications require, such
skills might include CICS®, DB2®, IMS™, and MQ.
For production environments:
As you move your system toward a production environment, you must have
the following system skills available:
- Automatic restart management (ARM).
- System Automation, if you have it installed, or whichever automation you
prefer to use.
- Sysplex, if you plan to use WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS in
a cell that spans systems.
- Sysplex Distributor (part of eNetwork Communications Server), if you plan
to create a high availability environment.
- RMF™ or other performance measurement systems.