The Mainframe Connect™ Client Option for IMS and MVS is a programming environment that provides Open Client™ Client-Library routines that you can use to build mainframe client applications.
The Client Option runs on an IBM z/Series or plug-compatible mainframe computer. It uses TCP/IP communications and is available for CICS, IBM IMS TM, and native MVS host transaction processors.
This guide focuses on the Client Option installation
and administration for IBM IMS TM and MVS. For information about
the Client Option for CICS, refer to the Mainframe Connect Client
Option for CICS Installation and Administration Guide.
Client Option applications can communicate with two kinds of servers:
Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) and Open Server™ on PCs and several mid-range UNIX platforms
Server Option applications running in a separate region on the mainframe
Server Option applications such as the DB2 UDB Options for CICS and IMS
Client Option applications can send requests to ASE indirectly in a two-tier (gateway-less) environment using TCP.
Client Option applications can send requests directly to Server Option applications. It works in a two-tier environment using TCP.
