Respected community Members,

Can Biztalk can be configured to communicate with Mainframe Z/OS CICS Message Queue??

My ultiamte goal is to have VB.NET Program communicate(read/write messages) with Mainframe Z/OS CICS Message Queue . Since Biztalk have bunch of adaptes available already to communicate with Mainframe, i would like to use one of them.

Any idea whether is it possible or not??

Thanks,

Nick

Yes it is possible. Please have a look at the Host Integration Server 2010 (HIS) that is available with the BizTAlk Server. It provides adapter which you'd be able to use for your CICS communication. This link @http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg162893.aspx provides the programming models available for through the HIS.

This link @http://supportline.microfocus.com/Documentation/books/Server_EE_60_for_UNIX/cbzsna.htm is a chapter dedictaed to CICS interations.

Regards.

well i worked with the Host Integration server last year, but i don't think that can be configured to talk to Mainframe Z/OS  CICS Message queue , does it??

I know we can make socket calls, but not through CICS Mesage Queue??

I know we can make socket calls, but not through CICS Mesage Queue??

It seems correct, Nick, can not make socket calls through CICS Messae Queue.

Does CICS implements it own queues or uses MQI/WMQ for queues. If it uses MQI/WMQ then the MQSC client and adapter available through HIS should permit this integration irrespective of which OS implements the Queue Manager.

Regards.

Some more digging around and I found this information..

"CICS/VSE application programs may write messages on "Queues"  which reside on VSAM files on the local CICS/VSE system or they may be located on a remote message queue system. The queues may be defined in such a way that the location is transparent to the application program." - CICS/VSE Client/Server Solutions Implementing the Message Queue Interface document

There is another bit pertaining to CICS - WMQ bridge @http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v3r2/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.cics.ts.wmq.bridge.doc%2Ftopics%2Fzc12190_.html which also seems (to me) to suggest the same.

So WMQ Client should permit you to connect and access..- IMHO

Regards.