Determining your skill needs
In assembling your project team, you should consider the skills you need
to implement WebSphere Application Server for z/OS. This topic discusses the
recommended skill set necessary to support the following configurations:
- Basic configurations
- Advanced configurations
- Production environments
Documentation to support the z/OS skills described in this article can
be found at this Web site: z/OS Internet Library
Note: Along with the skills listed below and depending on the needs of the
applications you deploy, you may also need skills to configure the resource
managers your applications require. Such skills are CICS, DB2 (if applicable),
IMS, and MQ.
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
- Workload management (WLM)
- SMP/E and JCL
- System logger - to set up logstreams for RRS and the WebSphere Application
Server for z/OS error log
- Java
For advanced configurations:
When dealing with advanced
configurations, you need all the same skills as for basic configurations,
plus the following:
- Parallel sysplex - to implement multisystem configurations
- CICS
- IMS
- MQ
For production environments:
As you move your system
toward a production environment, you need to 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
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Kerberos, if you plan to have security in
a distributed network
- Advanced environment SSL if you enable security
- RMF or other performance measurement systems
- Webserver, if you plan to support HTTP clients
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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 9:56:50 PM CDT
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