IMS TM Open Transaction Manager Access (OTMA) allows access to IMS applications and is supported by TIBCO Object Service Broker. Use of OTMA is discussed in
TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS External Environments; the underlying rule interface tools are described in
TIBCO Object Service Broker Shareable Tools.
Refer to the IBM IMS documentation for configuration guidance; in particular, the IMS V9 OTMA Guide and Reference manual. This document also contains the return codes you may encounter when using the OTMA interface. Pay particular attention to the values specified for the IMS TM started task parameters:
A sample rule, SAMPLE_OTMA_CALL, is provided to invoke the IMS sample verification transaction PART. You will need to modify this sample rule to be compatible with the IMS TM started task parameters mentioned above. Specifically, the values in statement 3 of the sample rule must be changed to match your IMS parameters, as follows: