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Chapter 2 Using the TIBCO Object Service Broker Development Environment : Starting the Development Interfaces

Starting the Development Interfaces
Tasks to Getting Started
You must complete the following tasks to start to use the development interfaces:
1.
Ensure the server components are started if you are accessing TIBCO Object Service Broker on another machine. You may need to check with your System Administrator.
or
Start the server components if they reside on your machine. This is described below.
2.
3.
Starting the Server Components
On Windows
If the server components reside on your Windows computer, before starting the workbench, you must complete the following procedure.
From the TIBCO Object Service Broker program menu, available under the TIBCO program group:
4.
This starts a background process for your database.
5.
This starts a background process for your application development.
On Solaris
If the server components reside on your Solaris computer, before starting the workbench, you must complete the following procedure.
From a command prompt, issue the following commands:
1.
This starts background processes for your database.
2.
This starts a process for your application development.
On z/OS
If the server components reside on z/OS, before starting the workbench ensure that the TIBCO Object Service Broker system is running. For details on how to start a system on z/OS refer to TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS Installing and Operating.
Choose Your User Interface
You can access TIBCO Object Service Broker using one of the following:
The following sections describe how to get started with ostty, a TSO managed text workbench, and a Telnet 3270 emulation program. For details about getting started with the TIBCO Object Service Broker UI, refer to Getting Started with the TIBCO Object Service Broker UI.
Text workbenches are also available under CICS and IMS TM. These require the appropriate Service Gateways to be installed which are separately purchased components of TIBCO Object Service Broker.
Predefined User IDs and Passwords Supplied
TIBCO Object Service Broker comes with three predefined user IDs and passwords to get you started. The default user ID at installation time is SYSADMIN. You use the Security interface to define other user IDs and passwords.
Starting an ostty Session
To start an ostty session, complete the following:
1.
2.
3.
This displays a text-based workbench. For details on how to use this workbench, refer to Understanding the Default Developer’s Workbench.
Starting a TSO Session
The USER CLIST, distributed with TIBCO Object Service Broker in the CLIST data set, runs a TIBCO Object Service Broker TSO client. The list of parameters that you can specify when you start your session—and the default values for some of the parameters—should be customized for your installation usage.
The following shows how to execute the USER clist under ISPF 6:
exec ‘$HLQNONV$.$INSTVER$.clist(user)’ ‘u(huron1) p(huron1)’
See Also
For more details about starting a TSO session, refer to TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS External Environments.
Starting a VTAM LU2 Session within a Native Execution Environment
VTAM LU2 sessions are established by logging in through a VTAM LU2 (3270) terminal. To start a VTAM LU2 session, use the following command:
LOGON APPLID(vtamapplid) DATA('U=userid,P=password')
where:
 
The EENAME parameter value specified when the Native Execution Environment was initialized. Ask your system administrator to provide you with this value.
See Also
For more details about starting a VTAM LU2 session within a Native Execution Environment, refer to TIBCO Object Service Broker for z/OS External Environments.
Starting a Telnet 3270 Session
To start a session using a customer-supplied 3270 terminal emulator, complete the following:
1.
Enter the name of the host where you want to connect to.
2.
3.
Default value is 9099.
4.
3278 and 3279 types of terminals, using models 2, 3, 4 and 5 are supported.
5.
The TIBCO Object Service Broker login screen appears.
6.
Enter your TIBCO Object Service Broker user ID and password (refer to the note after step 8). The password and user ID are case sensitive.
These are limited to a maximum of eight characters each.
7.
You can leave this field blank. You enter information in this field only if you want to override the values for the session parameters. Any information you enter is limited to 128 characters over 2 lines.
8.
Press Enter to display a text-based workbench.
When logging in to TIBCO Object Service Broker using Telnet 3270, your password is sent over the network as clear text.
For details on how to use the text-based workbench, refer to Understanding the Default Developer’s Workbench.
Customizing Your Session Options
Default values are supplied for client sessions. You can customize these values via session parameters and with the $SETOPT shareable tool. Refer to TIBCO Object Service Broker Parameters for details about the parameters available to customize your session and how to change them. Refer TIBCO Object Service Broker Shareable Tools for details about using $SETOPT.

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