Overview

This chapter describes how to configure a Data Object Broker, on Windows and Solaris, that can be used by clients and Execution Environments on the same machine or on separate machines and platforms.

Distribution of Components Across Platforms

TIBCO Object Service Broker components that make up one system can be distributed across various platforms, or across different machines on the same platform (for this description, Windows and Solaris are considered the same platform). Here are the components and the platforms where each can run:


Component	Windows Server 2003 or 2008	Windows XP (Professional)	Solaris	z/OS
Data Object Broker	Y	Y	Y	Y
Execution Environment	Y	Y	Y	Y
Clients	Ya	Y	Y

aNot ODBC Adapter under Windows 2003 Server.

Supported Connections

The following connections among these components are supported:

•	Connections between components running on the same platform.

•	Connections via distributed data. Data Object Brokers on any platform can communicate with each other using a peer-to-peer implementation.

•	Connections between a z/OS Gateway and a Data Object Broker on Windows or Solaris. If the Gateway requires a z/OS Execution Environment, you can connect the Execution Environment to the Data Object Broker for this purpose only.

•	Connections between an ODBC Adapter on Windows and a z/OS Data Object Broker via an Execution Environment on Windows or Solaris for this purpose only.

•	Connections between an ODBC Gateway on Windows and a z/OS Data Object Broker via an Execution Environment running on Windows or Solaris for this purpose only.

•	Connections between an Oracle Gateway on Windows or Solaris and a z/OS Data Object Broker via an Execution Environment running on Windows or Solaris for this purpose only.

Chapter 4, TIBCO Object Service Broker Execution Environment and Client Sessions describes how to set up Execution Environments and clients.


	We do not recommend or support the use of remote or cross-platform Execution Environments for online use.

Distribution of Data Object Brokers

In a peer-to-peer distributed data system, Data Object Brokers can communicate with other Data Object Brokers on the following platform:

•	Via TCP/IP in z/OS, Windows and Solaris

Chapter 5, Configuring a Communication Environment for Access of Distributed Data describes how to set up Data Object Brokers for peer-to-peer communications.