Enterprise Modernization. Implementation of RDz Rational Developer for System z V at Airbus Operations GmbH Hamburg. Eberhard Ramm CEO of SIBRA

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1 Enterprise Modernization Implementation of RDz Rational Developer for System z V at Airbus Operations GmbH Hamburg by Eberhard Ramm CEO of Engineering Company for Data Systems Technology 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 1 of 28

2 Table of Contents The Company 3 The Project Team 5 Preliminary work, Recommendation, Preparations 6 Project Requirements of the Customer Airbus 8 Procurement 9 Prerequisites 10 Installation 12 Configuration 15 Implemented and Activated Features 17 Features Airbus uses 22 Conclusion 26 Requests and proposed Enhancements GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 2 of 28

3 The Company Legal Form Private limited Company Registered at the District Court in Munich with Register Number HRB Founded in April 1980 Registered Office (only Administration): Leiblstrasse 14 Phone: +49 (0) D Groebenzell, Germany Fax: +49 (0) Place of operative business: Industriestrasse 35 Phone: +49 (0) D Groebenzell, Germany Fax: +49 (0) GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 3 of 28

4 The Company Internet: CEO: Eberhard Ramm Diplom Engineer of Data Systems Technology Owner: Eberhard Ramm Diplom Engineer of Data Systems Technology 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 4 of 28

5 The Project Team The RDz and WSAA projects were both carried out by Airbus Operations GmbH s Mainframe Support, a core team of one internal and two external members Whenever the name Airbus alone is mentioned in this presentation Airbus Operations GmbH at Hamburg is referred to 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 5 of 28

6 Preliminary work, Recommendation, Preparations 2006 Modernization recommendation to Airbus Operations GmbH to implement the z/os Debug Tool with the remote WDDz (WebSphere Developer Debugger for zseries) product for the Airbus programmers First prototyping with WDDz 2007 February: Private presentation of WDz (WebSphere Developer for zseries) at IBM Munich to get an impression of the functionality and handling February: Modernization recommendation to Airbus to implement the WDz product for the Airbus programmers July: First step of Modernization: Release of WDDz to Airbus programmers in combination with z/os Debug Tool V6.1 September: Test installation and configuration of RDz V (brand WebSphere was replaced by Rational) to become familiar with the RDz 2008 August: Presentation of an RDz V prototype to Airbus key programmers, customized for the Airbus development environment and programming standards 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 6 of 28

7 Preliminary work, Recommendation, Preparations September: Decision to start an RDz and a WSAA project by Airbus Operations GmbH s Mainframe Support in 2009 (WSAA = WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer) November: Presentation of the old WDDz to Airbus Operations Ltd. programmers March: Procurement of RDz and WSAA products June: Start of RDz and WSAA projects by Airbus Mainframe Support January: WDDz training for Airbus Operations Ltd. programmers January/March: Second step of Modernization: Release of RDz V to and RDz training for Airbus programmers March: Release of WDDz to Airbus Operations Ltd. programmers May: Third step of Modernization: Release of WSAA V5.1 to Airbus programmers June: WSAA Initial Load with many Airbus applications for impact analysis of a global serial number field which will have to be expanded in the near future 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 7 of 28

8 Project Requirements of Customer Airbus z/os Host No handicap for the stability and operation of the host system No handicap for the development environment and for day-to-day business Complete documentation of all installation and configuration actions Workstation Current and future modern architectures and technologies to be used right from the beginning No handicap for the development environment and for day-to-day business Very simple installation of RDz client for the end-user Client installation with no interaction suitable for the Microsoft SMS software distribution tool used by Airbus Complete documentation of all installation and configuration actions 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 8 of 28

9 Procurement z/os Host RDz installation CDs with RDz V7.5 Part 4 of 4 (Server Tools) Multiplatform Multilingual (C1N9GML.exe) Java V6 for UNIX System Services USS PTFs for support of RDz V clients z/os Debug Tool V9.1 with all related PTFs Workstation Download of IBM Installation Manager V1.3.3 (IM) software Download of IBM Rational Developer for System z software V7.5 (RDz) from IBM Passport Advantage Download of RDz V7.5.1 Refresh Pack Download of RDz Fix Pack V GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 9 of 28

10 Prerequisites z/os Host z/os V1.9 TSO/ISPF Client Gateway support with all related PTFs IBM 31-bit SDK for z/os, Java 2 Technology Edition V5.0 IBM Debug Tool for z/os V8.1 z/os userid with TSO access and larger region size an OMVS segment with a default group, a group ID, and an OMVS home library and many more standard z/os products, see installation manual Rational License Server for RDz License Management 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 10 of 28

11 Prerequisites Workstation Hardware Requirements Memory: Recommended: 2GB RAM, minimum: 1 GB RAM Disk space: Minimum 1.5 GB of disk space is required to install the product Software Requirements Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 or higher RDz was developed for use with an Eclipse IDE of version 3.4 or greater that uses at least version 1.6 of the IBM Java Development Kit (JDK). When installing RDz you must use an userid that belongs to the local Administrators group In the Windows firewall following items have to be specified as exceptions: Program Java Launcher Port 8001 for Developer Debugger Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 to view the readme files and the installation guide Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 7.0 or later with all available maintenance to view product documentation PDFs 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 11 of 28

12 Installation z/os Host Transfer of the Host Components folder with RDz V7.5 Part 4 of 4 (Server Tools) Multiplatform Multilingual to the z/os host SMP/E installation of the z/os components package with FMID HHOP750 and all available maintenance PTFs Installation of ISPF-client-gateway, not APPC Apply PTFs for support of RDz V clients Installation of Java V6 in UNIX System Services USS With Java V6 RDz gains 30% in performance SMP/E installation of the z/os Debug Tool V9.1 with all related PTFs Rational License Server for RDz License Management Usage of existing Rational License Server on Windows 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 12 of 28

13 Installation Workstation Preparation and development of a RDz Silent Client Installation for the SMS software distribution tool. The silent installation is implemented with a set of.bat files Silent Install of IM V1.3.3 With IM create a silent install response file for RDz V With IM create a silent install response file for RDz Floating License Support Run RDz Silent Client Installation for End Users with RDz Floating License Support Ensure that the temporary drive letter R: is unused and available for assignment to the installation input repositories on a shared disk Start RDz Silent Client Installation with a double click on (Run) C:\Temp\#Install_RDz_on_AIRBUS_Workstation.vbs 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 13 of 28

14 Installation 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 14 of 28

15 Configuration z/os Host Configuration Basic Customization of Host Components RDz on the z/os host according to the RDz configuration manual Start the started tasks JMON, RSED, and LOCKD 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 15 of 28

Configuration Pre-configured End User Environment on Workstation RDz Client Initial Workspace as download from the Airbus Intranet The functions Generate JCL and Submit do not match the standard

16 Configuration Pre-configured End User Environment on Workstation RDz Client Initial Workspace as download from the Airbus Intranet The functions Generate JCL and Submit do not match the standard Airbus Compile and Link procedures. Therefore the following features have been implemented: Integration of Airbus specific remote Compile & Link execution as menu entry Run COMP2 Integration of remote REXX execution as menu entry Run EXEC Integration of IMS Compile MFS and Compile PSB 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 16 of 28

17 Implemented and Activated Features Workstation The Initial Workspace contains the following settings and parameters Connection to remote z/os host name Remote TSO userid sample and an empty password field Code page 1141 Germany with Euro for e. g. MVS files, code page settings, specify character encodings, host codepage, etc. Property groups with e. g. Job Card with JCLLIB statement, PL/I settings, IMS library, local compiler options, Include libraries, etc. Job filter for IMS productive regions Job filter for IMS test regions, DB2 Master Address Spaces, Webserver Started Tasks Detailed Monitoring of My Jobs in JES output with a periodic refresh Data set filters with relevant standard and system files and Windows data types New Windows data types PSB and PLIINCL defined with appropriate editors The Debug Perspective is activated The Debug Daemon is listening on port 8001 (default is listening stopped) 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 17 of 28

Look and Feel of Initial Workspace 2010 GmbH, 82194

18 Look and Feel of Initial Workspace 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 18 of 28

view right click on the PL/I member to open the object menu and select the Run COMP2 entry A COMP2

19 Implemented and Activated Features Workstation Integration of Airbus specific remote Compile & Link execution as menu entry Run COMP2 Implemented with the RDz Menu Manager In the z/os Projects view right click on the PL/I member to open the object menu and select the Run COMP2 entry A COMP2 job is generated and submitted 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 19 of 28

member to open the object menu and select Run EXEC entry The output of the REXX function is

20 Implemented and Activated Features Workstation Integration of remote REXX execution as menu entry Run EXEC Implemented with the RDz Menu Manager In the z/os Projects view right click on the REXX member to open the object menu and select Run EXEC entry The output of the REXX function is displayed in the view Remote Console 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 20 of 28

21 Implemented and Activated Features Workstation Same implementation for IMS Compile MFS and Compile PSB 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 21 of 28

22 Features Airbus uses Workstation RDz Client z/os Project Perspective MVS file filters Search Administration of files and members CRUD TSO Commands and z/os Unix Shells Job filter Remote Monitor z/os Projects with Import & Export, Work Online & Offline LPEX-Editor for PL/I programs Graphical MFS Editor for MFS formats XML-Editor for XML files Local Syntax check Transfer Remote Systems files (z/os, USS) Local Files (PC) with Copy - Paste 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 22 of 28

23 Features Airbus uses Workstation RDz Client Database Development Perspective 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 23 of 28

24 Features Airbus uses Workstation RDz Client Debug Perspective 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 24 of 28

25 Features Airbus uses Workstation RDz Client LMR Load Module Repository the WSAA of the load module libraries 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 25 of 28

26 Conclusion Acceptance of RDz by the Airbus programmers is high Comprehensive training reduced handling problems to a minimum The stability and quality of the RDz product on host and workstation is very good The IBM support and assistance was excellent 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 26 of 28

Requests and proposed Enhancements The ISPF Editor in RDz should be able to execute the same ISPF macros which are executed in the host ISPF environment The spoolout function SX (show all job input

27 Requests and proposed Enhancements The ISPF Editor in RDz should be able to execute the same ISPF macros which are executed in the host ISPF environment The spoolout function SX (show all job input and output files) is missing in the JES output of RDz Deployment of a product different from the current Host Connection Emulator PC3270 should be made possible In the z/os Projects menu the accidental usage of menu entry Delete which you may possibly assume in this context as Remove from Subproject leads to a permanent loss of data. Menu entry Delete should be removed completely from the menu or moved to the end of all menu entries 2010 GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 27 of 28

28 Please do not hesitate to contact Eberhard Ramm Industriestrasse 35 D Groebenzell, Germany Internet: Phone: +49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) Mobile: +49 (0) GmbH, Groebenzell, Germany Version of June 2010 Foil 28 of 28

LE/390 Migration and Consolidation

LE/390 Migration and Consolidation Eberhard Ramm, Diplom Engineer of Data Systems Technology fuer Datentechnik mbh Industriestrasse 35 D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49 (0)8142 57264 email: SibraGmbh@t-online.de