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Product Name	: TIBCO(R) Object Service Broker for z/OS
Release Version	: 6.0.0
Release Date	: July 2012
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Introduction

TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS provides a zSeries resident
application development environment combined with a resident
integration broker, and performs a wide variety of services for
transactions, messages, and data sources. It supports a number of
gateways for external data access.

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Supported Platforms

  Operating systems supported are z/OS version 1.9 thru z/OS 1.13

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Minimum Disk Space and Memory Requirements

  Free space: 1500 cylinders DASD

  Memory: 175 Mb virtual

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Software Requirements

  TIBCO Software:

    If you are using the EMS interface, you must have a TIBCO EMS
    server installed and accessible from your mainframe environment.
    When using this version of the product we suggest you connect to
    and use EMS version 6.x.x.

    If you are using the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks(TM) Plug-in
    for OSB, you require TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks(TM) 5.6.x 
    or greater.


  Third-party Software:

    IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) or equivalent
    product.

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Embedded Software

  Apache Xerces XML Parser
  OpenAccess SDK 7.x
  Regular Expression (REGEXP)
  TIBCO EMS Client for z/OS (MVS) 6.x.x

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Encoding Support

  Latin 1 characters in the following encodings:

	IBM-037   IBM-1140
	IBM-273   IBM-1141
	IBM-277   IBM-1142
	IBM-278   IBM-1143
	IBM-280   IBM-1144
	IBM-282
	IBM-284   IBM-1145
	IBM-285   IBM-1146
	IBM-297   IBM-1147
	IBM-500	IBM-1148
	ISO8859-1 ISO8859-15
	WIN-1252

  Unicode

  	Custom single byte or double byte encodings

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TIBCO Product Support

  For an overview of TIBCO Support Services, and information about
  getting started with TIBCO Product Support, visit this site:
  http://www.tibco.com/services/support/default.jsp

  If you already have a valid maintenance or support contract,
  visit the TIBCO Product Support site: http://support.tibco.com
  Entry to this site requires a username and password. If you do
  not have a username, you can request one.

  Check the TIBCO Product Support site "Late Breaking News" page
  for product information that was not available at release time.

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Documentation

  Documentation is available in PDF and HTML format from the
  product download site.

  *	TIBCO Object Service Broker Getting Started describes basic 
  	concepts for understanding the product. Refer to the Related 
 	Documentation section for a complete listing of documentation 
 	available.

  *	TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS Installation and
 	 Operations describes installation and operations procedures
  	for the product.

  *	TIBCO Object Service Broker Messages with Identifiers and
  	TIBCO Object Service Broker Messages without Identifiers provide
  	references to error and information messages and codes.

  *	TIBCO Object Service Broker Release Notes provides information
 	about new features, migrating from an earlier releases to this
 	release, and closed and known issues.

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Copyright

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