What's new in HATS 10

This document contains information supplementary to the online help and the publications, it includes newly added functions, hints, tips, restrictions, and corrections. Refer the IBM Host Access Transformation Services Documentation for other considerations when using IBM Host Access Transformation Services Version 10.0, and for complete product documentation.

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What’s new in HATS

HATS 10.0 can be installed as a plugin on Eclipse IDE to create Web applications and rich client applications that provide an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) for 3270 applications running on z Systems platforms as well as for 5250 applications running on i operating system platforms.

Version 10.0

The following new/enchanced capabilities are introduced in IBM Host Access Transformation Services V10.

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HATS Support for RSA v10 and RAD v10

HATS can now be installed on Rational Software Architect (RSA) v10 and Rational Application Developer (RAD) v10, enabling developers to efficiently build, customize, and deploy HATS applications.

For more information, refer to the topic Essential Planning and Migration Considerations.

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z/OS SAF Keyring support for secure telnet connection

Now users can configure a SAF-managed keyring to secure HATS Telnet connections in a z/OS environment. To enable secure communication, provide the required keyring details in the HATS connection security settings.

For more information, refer to the topic SAF Keyring for HATS Telnet Connection.

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z/OS SAF Keyring support for Web Express Logon

This release adds SAF Keyring–based support to the 'DCAS/RACF/JDBC Credential Mapper Plug-in' parameter support for z/OS environments. HATS application when deployed in a z/OS environment can leverage SAFKeyring to generate passticket for the RACF users.

For more information, refer to the topic DCAS Parameters for DCAS/RACF/JDBC Credential Mapper Plug-in

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Configuring OIDC for secure HATS Web Applications

This release introduces OIDC-based authentication for securing the HATS web application (WEB Only) and provides configuration of application registration, user authentication flow, and identity information exchange with the OIDC provider.

For more information, refer to the topic OIDC Configuration for Securing HATS Web Application.

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Z MFA Credential Mapper Plug-in for Web Express Logon

This release introduces support for the Z MFA OIDC Credential Mapper plug-in, enabling passticket retrieval and providing guidance on OIDC configuration, jwt2ctc endpoint setup, JWT handling, and RACF ID mapping for Z MFA SSO. Additionally, the new zMFAClient object is now available for custom implementation for the Z MFA OIDC Credential Mapper plug-in.

For more information on the Plug-in, refer to the topic Credential Mapper Plug-ins.

For more information on the API, refer to the topic The ZMFAClient object.

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Jakarta EE Support

This release introduces guidance on using the Eclipse Transformer tool to migrate Java EE based HATS projects to Jakarta EE, including required JAR files, EAR export and transformation steps, command syntax, and deployment of Jakarta EE–compatible artifacts.

For more information, refer to the topic Jakarta EE Support.

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Support for the Latest Struts Framework

HATS can use Struts 6.8.0 to build web pages based on Integration Objects.

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Java Server Faces (JSF) Support Removed

HATS has discontinued support for creating Java Server Faces (JSF) pages. For more information, refer Deprecation of Java Server Faces (JSF) Support from HATS Future Versions.

Fixes for APARs and Internal Defects

This release contains fixes for APARs and internal defects to improve productivity and quality.

Problems fixed in this release

See Fix list for Host Access Transformation Services for the list of APARS and internal fixes included in this release

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HATS project updates

The project update process creates a backup folder in the project named save_pre_10.0.x.x. This folder contains all of the files that were overwritten by the package update process. These files are saved so that you can compare and merge them with your newly installed HATS files. Do not worry if you see errors in the task view, these files are no longer used by the application. When you are satisfied that all the saved files have been compared and merged, you can delete the save_pre_10.0.x.x folder.

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Installation instructions

For instructions on how to install IBM Host Access Transformation Services, see the topic Installing HATS in the Getting Started guide.

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Contacting IBM Software Support

IBM Software Support provides assistance with product defects.

Before you contact to IBM Software Support, ensure that your company has an active IBM software maintenance contract, and that you are authorized to submit problems to IBM. The type of software maintenance contract that you need depends on the type of product you have:

  • For IBM distributed software products (including, but not limited to, Tivoli, Lotus, and Rational products, as well as DB2 and WebSphere products that run on Windows or UNIX® operating systems), enroll in Passport Advantage in one of the following ways:

  • For IBM eServer software products (including, but not limited to, DB2 and WebSphere products that run in zSeries, pSeries, and iSeries environments), you can purchase a software maintenance agreement by working directly with an IBM sales representative or an IBM Business Partner. For more information about support for eServer software products, go to the Support for IBM Systems web site at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.

If you are not sure what type of software maintenance contract you need, call 1-800-IBMSERV (1-800-426-7378) in the United States. From other countries, go to the "Contacts" page of the Software Support Handbook at http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/handbook/contacts.html and click the name of your geographic region for phone numbers of people who provide support for your location.

To contact IBM Software support, follow these steps:

  1. Determine the business impact of your problem.
  2. Describe your problem and gather background information.
  3. Submit your problem to IBM Software Support.

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