What s New in Studio and Server Enterprise Edition 6.0?

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1 What s New What s New in Studio and Server Enterprise Edition 6.0? Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition provides a contemporary analysis and development suite for migrating applications from traditional mainframe environments, and modernizing them to meet the needs of your business.

2 Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition provides the execution environment to deploy the migrated applications on all popular Linux, UNIX and Windows (LUW) servers. If you are already familiar with Studio Enterprise Edition and Server Enterprise Edition 5.1, this document will help you quickly understand the new capabilities within the 6.0 release and the benefits they deliver. 1. Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment Microsoft Visual Studio has been introduced as the core integrated development environment (IDE) framework used by developers for the majority of their day to day development and maintenance activities. This replaces the proprietary Micro Focus IDE used within previous releases so developers can now take advantage of the many capabilities available within Microsoft Visual Studio to increase productivity and shorten delivery timescales. Details Specific project template to easily create an application targeting Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition. Continuous background parsing of source code giving up to date information relating to COBOL data items, errors and warnings to aid developer productivity. Support for setting compiler directives automatically by scanning COBOL source files to detect what COBOL dialect is being used or if capabilities such as EXEC CICS or EXEC SQL are being exploited. This allows projects with many source files to be compiled quickly and easily. Integrates with Microsoft s Server Explorer tool to enable developers to quickly view and select the instance of Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition they wish to work with. Supports Microsoft s Team Foundation Server which uses features such as Source Code Control, Work Item Tracking, Team Build and Reporting. All of these features have great power to optimize your development process, improve quality and reduce costs. Benefit(s) Industry leading IDE enabling increased productivity and higher quality updates. Improved team collaboration and effectiveness. Increased talent pool to utilize, as programmers already familiar with Visual Studio development environment can quickly get up to speed with COBOL programming. Future proof IDE, with access to all the additional value that Microsoft will add to its future Visual Studio releases.

3 2. 64-bit Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition The Server Enterprise Edition production run time technology which is also the base of the Studio Enterprise Edition development, debug and testing capabilities is now available in 64-bit, in addition to 32-bit. This replaces the 32-bit only technology available in previous releases. Details 64-bit COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS-TM, VSAM, IMS-DB and RDBMS support. Benefit(s) Mainframe applications can be migrated to any popular LUW server including those which only operate in 64-bit mode. Applications can operate efficiently in 64-bit operating environment interfacing natively with 64-bit 3rd party products. 3. Modernization Workbench Micro Focus s Modernization Workbench capability has been included within Studio Enterprise Edition, rather than Revolve, to provide unparalleled insight into the applications that run your business. Details Deep and always-current understanding of diverse application portfolios from COBOL and Natural to VB and Java provide accurate insight into applications. These reports, queries, and visualizations cut rework and risk while boosting productivity by up to 40%. Collaborative capabilities that allow teams to share information about their applications more effectively. Sharing useful queries, scopes, and other perspectives makes every team member much more knowledgeable about every application they may work on. Business-centered analysis and glossaries provide meaningful perspectives on application portfolios. This allows users to view the architecture of their applications and perform analysis that is focused on business concepts like business process, geography, development team, and others. Patented business rule discovery and management capabilities mine logic from applications 50% faster than manual approaches. This gives management and business analysts control over how applications automate their core operations and makes applications more responsive to new requirements. Unique application renovation capabilities detect and eliminate dead and non-standard code. This increases the efficiency of development teams and has been shown to slash resource consumption dramatically.

4 Benefit(s) Higher quality code delivered more cost effectively. Less rework in later stages of development life cycle so faster time to market. Resource flexibility. 4. Host Compatibility Option (HCO) for Microsoft SQL Server HCO makes it easier to migrate data from DB2 to SQL Server and provides middleware technology to minimize the changes required to COBOL application code when re-hosting the applications. Details Data Migration tools that facilitate the transfer of mainframe DB2 schemas and data to SQL Server SQL processing environment that enables mainframe DB/2 syntax to work with SQL Server 2008 transparently. COBOL SQL bind phase that provides the same functionality as mainframe DB2. Benefit(s) Removes much of the risk related to migrating batch or online COBOL/DB2 applications to Windows and SQL Server. Earlier time to market to ensure cost savings can be realized when expected. 5. Database Connectors for SQL Server (including CICS/VSAM support) Database Connectors (DBC) makes it easier to migrate VSAM data to SQL Server and provides middleware technology to minimize the changes required to COBOL application code when making this transition. Details Database access is automatic and transparent to the end user. As the run-time module executes your COBOL application in the foreground, DBC runs behind the scenes to match up the requirements of COBOL and SQL Server. The translation between COBOL and SQL is transparent even to the COBOL programmer. Automatic translation of COBOL I/O statements or EXEC CICS file access instructions into SQL instructions that SQL Server understands. No need for development staff to know SQL or to understand the unique language requirements of SQL Server, as DBC handles all translations.

5 Details No need to enforce database rules, as DBC uses the full power of the database engine for this. Any violations are returned to the COBOL program as I/O error conditions. If new constraints are added or changes are made to the database structure, you don t have to recode your COBOL application. Benefit(s) Removes much of the risk related to migrating batch or online COBOL/DB2 applications to Windows and SQL Server. Earlier time to market to ensure cost savings can be realized when expected. 6. CICS Inter System Connectivity (ISC) Support using Microsoft BizTalk Connectivity to mainframe CICS systems via the Host Integration Server (HIS) middleware within BizTalk running on a Windows Server. Details Industry standard SNA/LU6.2 support. Benefit(s) Enables the migration of applications that must continue to communicate with systems on third-party mainframes where no additional software can be installed. 7. CICS Channel and Containers Support Channels and containers support provides a way for CICS applications to pass data between themselves without having to adhere to the 32k maximum size constraint of the communications area (COMMAREA). Containers can also be named and separately defined to allow more logical separation of data structures, removing the potential for confusion through over redefinition. Details Can pass more than 32k of data between programs. Logically organize data to improve clarity of data exchanges. Benefit(s) Improved data exchange allows applications to process larger, more clearly structured shared data.

6 8. IMS TM Transaction Triggering via MQ Series Support for MQSeries IMS Trigger Monitor for invoking IMS transactions via MQSeries queue. Details Implementation of the CSQ4TRMN IMS trigger monitor program. Configured and controlled using mainframe JCL. Mainframe compatible MQSeries API used in IMS application programs. Benefit(s) Enables the migration of applications where transactions are initiated from other applications outside the scope of the migration. Allows migration of existing MQSeries IMS Trigger monitor services. 9. Improved Batch Read-only Access to IMS Databases Batch read-only access to IMS databases which are also available to CICS and IMS/TM subsystems. Details Batch DLI application programs that specify a get-only processing option can read IMS databases that are also available to online IMS/TM and CICS transaction environments, and BMP programs. The shared update environment, transactional processing, commit/rollback support is unaffected by the read-only batch programs. Benefit(s) This allows applications that utilize batch read-only IMS programs for ad-hoc reporting, IMS DB scans, and other functions, to run concurrently with each other during the online day. The IMS databases are also available to CICS transactions, IMS/TM transactions and BMP programs that can all continue to operate in a shared database update environment. 10. IMS Connect Interface to IMS-TM from TCP/IP IMS Connect provides a TCP/IP interface to IMS Transaction Manager that is accessible from any IP connected hardware platform. Details Supports the same interface as mainframe IMS Connect. Securable connection to IMS TM from any IP connected client machine. IMS transactions don t need to know they were invoked via IMS Connect client.

7 Benefit(s) This provides open connectivity to IMS TM applications from an unlimited range of platforms and client architectures and enables the migration of existing mainframe IMS Connect architectures to any Server Enterprise Edition platform. 11. Enhanced VSE JCL Syntax and Execution Support The VSE JCL support within Studio Enterprise Edition has been enhanced to provide support for new features that were previously not supported. Details Support for multiple ON units in the same JOB Support for POWER Include (ICCF and Normal) statements. Support Positional parameters within the POWER jobcard. Support for PAUSE. Benefit(s) Enables execution of JCL job streams under the control of Server Enterprise Edition which previously had to be modified or executed under the control of shell scripts. Minimizes changes to JCL and so reduces risk. 12. Enhanced z/os JCL Syntax and Execution Support The z/os JCL support within Studio Enterprise Edition has been enhanced to provide support for new features that were previously not supported. Details The ability to view the contents of Active Sysouts in long running jobs. The ability to view/update the JES Alias table without having to take the server down and restart. Callable API interfaces to submit jobs, start/stop initiators and IMS Message Processing Regions (MPR), retrieve job status, retrieve job completion codes etc. The admin console JES Control Page now has the functionality to restrict a user s ability to submit jobs and/or start batch printers/initiators independent of other functionality. Support for SVC99, access to the internal reader and the JES Spool from within CICS and IMS online transactions. Benefit(s) Enables customers to customize their environments to meet needs that are specific to their installation. Provides more robust support for execution of production applications.

8 13. JCL Restart Capability A new JCL restart capability is now available to enable jobs to be restarted from where they stopped rather than from the beginning, to support some of the capabilities provided by third-party products on z/os like CA UCC11 and BMC Control-R. Details Jobs can be re-started while retaining prior step completion codes and GDG Relative Bias resolution. Ability to automatically massage dataset dispositions to prevent jobs from abending because datasets have already been cataloged by the prior job execution. Ability to set behavior of already cataloged datasets on a restarted job to: Overwrite, Append (restarted step only), Append (all steps executed after restart step). Benefit(s) Enables batch runs to complete as fast, or faster, than they did on z/os during batch windows where re-starts are required Cost effectively emulates a subset of the capabilities provided by 3rd party mainframe products. 14. Rumba Terminal Emulators TN3270 and VT100 terminal emulators are now included within Studio Enterprise Edition. Details The TN3270 terminal emulator enables developers to connect to mainframe systems or applications migrated to Server Enterprise Edition that retain their 3270 interface. The VT100 terminal emulator enables developers to connect to Linux or UNIX environments, if the target deployment environment is a Linux or UNIX server. Benefit(s) Developers have all the terminal emulators they need to get started quickly. Reduced total cost of ownership. Simplified move to browser-based user interface and server base emulator. 15. Microsoft SQL Server Express SQL Server 2008 Express Edition is a free, easy-to-use, lightweight, and embeddable version of SQL Server 2008 which is included with Studio Enterprise Edition.

9 Details SQL Server 2008 Express provides high-end database features including Support for new data types and features including spatial data, HierarchyID and FileStream make it easier to model complex data Support for MERGE, GROUPING SETS, sparse columns and table-valued parameters makes it easier to write T-SQL code. New Import/Export wizard makes it easy to migrate data. Benefit(s) Build new relational database capabilities into migrated applications without the need to invest in an enterprise level database. 16. Support for PIC 1 Data Type ISO2002 Implementation of PIC 1. Details Data items of PIC 1, representing Boolean values, can be represented and manipulated using Boolean-algebraic operators. Fields can be declared USAGE BIT (giving efficient memory usage) or USAGE DISPLAY (giving better performance on input, output, and conversion to and from other types). Benefit(s) Improves compliance with standard. Enables applications that utilize PIC 1 to be migrated without code changes. 17. Dynamic Redirection to a Customized File Handlers Configurable dynamic redirection to a custom file handler. Details Using the DYNREDIR environment variable the run-time system can load and invoke a custom file handler module without requiring the recompilation of the COBOL program performing the file I/O. Benefit(s) Allows users to configure dynamic redirection to custom file handlers based upon filename or path without the need to recompile.

10 What s NeW What s New in Studio and Server Enterprise Edition 6.0? 18. Latest platform support This version of Server Enterprise Edition has been tested and will be supported against the most recent 32-bit and 64-bit versions of all popular operating systems. Details Verified on latest versions of operating systems on latest processors Benefit(s) Open choice of platform to deploy migrated applications Migrated applications can take advantage of new technologies only available on latest operating environments Latest environments tested against include: Operating System and Processor Combinations Notes HP-UX 11i v3 on Integrity servers with Itanium 64- bit processors IBM AIX 6.1 on System p servers with Power PC 64-bit processors Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 servers with Itanium 64-bit processors Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 servers with x bit processors Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 System z servers with z/390 processors Sun Solaris 10 on SUN SPARC Servers with SPARC 64-bit processors Only supported with 6.0 or above Only supported with 6.0 or above Requires 6.0 Web Sync 1 Requires 6.0 Web Sync 1 SuSE Linux ES 10 SP2 on servers with x86-64-bit processors SuSE Linux ES 10 SP2 on System z servers with z/ bit processors Windows Server 2008 SP1 on servers with x bit processors Windows Vista SP1 on servers with x86-64-bit processors Windows XP SP2 on servers with x86-64-bit processors

About Micro Focus Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications.

11 About Micro Focus Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit: Micro Focus Worldwide Australia Austria Belgium Brazil +55 (11) Canada x1123 Denmark France Germany Hong Kong India Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands +31 (0) Norway Portugal Singapore Spain Switzerland Sweden United Kingdom United States Other Countries Micro Focus. All rights reserved. Micro Focus, Modernization Workbench, and Rumba are registered trademarks, and Studio, Server and Server Express are trademarks of Micro Focus. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition Test Server

product review Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition Test Server Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition Test Server (Test Server) is a testing suite that supports pre-production testing of mainframe applications