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
- If the J2EE icon,
, does not appear in the top right tab
of the workspace, you need to switch to the J2EE perspective. From the menu
bar, select Window > Open Perspective > Other. The
Select Perspective window opens.
- Select J2EE.
- Click OK. The J2EE perspective opens.
- In the J2EE perspective, select File > New > Other.
- In the New page, select J2C > J2C Java Bean.
Click Next
- In the Resource Adapters Selection page, select the J2C 1.5 IMS resource
adapter. For this tutorial select IMS Connector for Java (IBM:9.1.0.2.3).
Click Next.
- In the Connection Properties page, select Managed connection.
- If you already have a JNDI connection created, click Browse to
locate your JNDI. If you do not have a JNDI connection, click New.
- On the Server Selection page, select WebSphere Application
Server v6.1.
- Click Next.
- 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:
- For TCP/IP connection:
- Host name: (Required) The IP address or host name of IMS Connect.
- Port Number: (Required) The number of the port used by the target IMS connect.
- For local option connection:
- IMS Connect
name: (Required) The name of the target IMS connect.
- For both:
- Data Store Name: (Required) The name of the target IMS datastore.
- Click Finish.
- You may obtain the connection information from your IMS system administrator.
When you have provided the required connection information, click Next.