Application Server JCA support for Enterprise Server

Lists supported and tested JCA application servers for Enterprise Server .

Restriction: This feature applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.

Testing

JCA testing is done on 64-bit platforms only.

Third-party Java Application Servers

With regard to support for each third-party Java Application Server supported version, Micro Focus:

Provides support until end-of-service (EOS) dates provided by the JAS vendor
If your deployment requires support for a given JAS beyond the vendor’s EOS dates, check with Customer Support for availability of Extended Support Plus options
Encourages you to include third-party JAS consideration when planning an upgrade to your Micro Focus product

Resolving reported issues

With regard to resolving reported issues with Micro Focus software while using a third-party Java Application Server, Micro Focus:

Attempts to resolve issues for supported JASs on tested or untested platforms
Investigates issues involving planned but not yet supported JASs and attempts to resolve non-architectural issues that also occur in latest supported JAS version

Availability

Operating System/Platform	JBoss EAP 7.x (where x>=1.4)	IBM WebSphere 8.5.5, 9.0, Liberty y.0.0.x (where y>=19)	Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1	Apache Tomcat 9.0
IBM Power System running AIX	X	X	X	X
Itanium running HP - UX	X	X	X	X
IBM Z System running Red Hat Linux	X	X	X	X
x86-64 running Red Hat Linux	X	X	X	X
x86-64 running Solaris	X	X	X
SPARC running Solaris	X	X	X
IBM Z System running SUSE Linux	X	X	X	X
x86-64 running SUSE Linux	X	X	X	X
PowerLinux LE running SUSE Linux		X

Current support

The following Java application server base versions and incremental releases are supported in this release of Visual COBOL:

Supported App Server base version	Tested App Server version ²	JDK (vendor)	Java EE	COBOL RA
Apache Tomcat 9.0 ¹	9.0.40	1.8 (AdoptOpenJDK)
IBM WebSphere 8.5.5	8.5.5.18	1.7 (IBM)	6	X
IBM WebSphere 9.0	9.0.5.6	1.8 (IBM)	7	X
IBM WebSphere Liberty y.0.0.x (where y>=19)	20.0.0.12	1.8 (IBM)	7	X
JBoss EAP 7.1.x (where x>=4)		1.8 (Oracle) 1.8 (AdoptOpenJDK) ³	7	X
Oracle WebLogic 12.2.x	12.2.1.4	1.8 (Oracle)	7	X
¹ Apache Tomcat is an HTTP server and servlet container supporting Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP). Micro Focus Tomcat non-transactional support includes servlet generation with J2SE Beans; no transactional support is provided. Tomcat does not support the use of Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) or resource adapters (RAs). ² Java EE 7, including support for EJB 3.2 and Java Connector Architecture 1.7, is supported for the deployment of EJBs generated using the Interface Mapping Toolkit . ³ On UNIX platforms, JBoss EAP 7.1.4 restricts support of AdoptOpenJDK to Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms. See the Red Hat Web site for supported configurations.

Please consult your Application Server documentation to determine which JDK you should use. The JDK is used to :

Start the Application Server
Compile EJBs and Servlets generated by the Interface Mapping Toolkit or the imtkmake command

Planned support

Note: Limited JCA testing is done for planned support.

Support for Oracle WebLogic 14.1.x is planned for a future release.

The availability of COBOL resource adapters for these Application Servers differs between UNIX platforms. The following table indicates where support is available for each platform:

Operating System/Platform	JBoss EAP 7.x (x>=1.4)	IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 and 9.0	IBM WebSphere Liberty y.0.0.x (y>=19)	Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1	Apacne Tomcat 9.0.x ¹
AIX 7.1 on RS6000	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
HP - UX 11.31 on Itanium	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
Solaris 11.3 on Intel x86-64	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
Solaris 11.3 on SPARC	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
SUSE SLES 12 SP2 on IBM Z System	64-bit ²	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
SUSE SLES 12 SP2 on AMD x86-64	64-bit ²	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
SUSE SLES12 on PowerLinux LE		64-bit
¹ Apache Tomcat is an HTTP server and servlet container supporting Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP). Micro Focus Tomcat non-transactional support includes servlet generation with J2SE Beans; no transactional support is provided. Tomcat does not support the use of Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) or resource adapters (RAs). ² JBoss EAP 7.1.4 not listed as tested by RedHat on this platform.