Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 Enhancements

Soft Stop of Sterling B2B Integrator

Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 now has the ability to gracefully stop the system—allowing EXISTING processes the opportunity to complete, be transferred to other cluster nodes or be saved for resumption after restart. This saves time by eliminating the need to manually examine and resume processes after a restart.

The softstop functionality combined with a rolling restart of nodes will allow for minimal interruption of processing. You can initiate the soft stop command from either the UI or from the command line.

The soft stop UI provides the ability to interactively step through the shutdown process allowing for:

1. The transfer of a running business processes to other cluster nodes or to the database for recovery
2. The ability to CONTROL the completion of queued business processes on the local node
3. The ability to show the status of adapter activity and open sessions Performance Tuning Utility

Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 includes an updated utility that calculates the tuning parameter values for you. You can use the Performance Tuning utility to tune and configure Sterling B2B Integrator according to your NEEDS. 

Queue settings can be changed, as well as memory allocations, JVM settings, and pool settings. Additionally, future Sterling B2B Integrator patches will not OVERWRITE the performance tuning changes made by the Performance Tuning utility.

Sterling B2B Integrator License Files

You no longer need to contact IBM to acquire a license file prior to product installation. Product functionality is grouped into large offering AREAS. During installation, you must select the product offerings applicable to your purchase and a bundled license file will be used.

Sterling Standards Library 8.0

Applying Sterling B2B Integrator, Release 5.2 automatically includes Sterling Standards Library 8.0. Your specific standards implementation will depend upon the terms of your licensing agreement.

Sterling Standards Library version 8.0 adds support for the following X12 5010

HIPAA transactions:

v 5010 220A1 834
v 5010 221A1 835
v 5010 222A1 837
v 5010 223A2 837
v 5010 224A2 837
v 5010 279A1 270
v 5010 279A1 271

Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 Enhancements

Soft Stop of Sterling B2B Integrator

Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 now has the ability to gracefully stop the system—allowing existing processes the opportunity to complete, be transferred to other cluster nodes or be saved for resumption after restart. This saves time by eliminating the need to manually examine and resume processes after a restart.

The softstop functionality combined with a rolling restart of nodes will allow for minimal interruption of processing. You can initiate the soft stop command from either the UI or from the command line.

The soft stop UI provides the ability to interactively step through the shutdown process allowing for:

Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 includes an updated utility that calculates the tuning parameter values for you. You can use the Performance Tuning utility to tune and configure Sterling B2B Integrator according to your needs. 

Queue settings can be changed, as well as memory allocations, JVM settings, and pool settings. Additionally, future Sterling B2B Integrator patches will not overwrite the performance tuning changes made by the Performance Tuning utility.

Sterling B2B Integrator License Files

You no longer need to contact IBM to acquire a license file prior to product installation. Product functionality is grouped into large offering areas. During installation, you must select the product offerings applicable to your purchase and a bundled license file will be used.

Sterling Standards Library 8.0

Applying Sterling B2B Integrator, Release 5.2 automatically includes Sterling Standards Library 8.0. Your specific standards implementation will depend upon the terms of your licensing agreement.

Sterling Standards Library version 8.0 adds support for the following X12 5010

HIPAA transactions:

v 5010 220A1 834
v 5010 221A1 835
v 5010 222A1 837
v 5010 223A2 837
v 5010 224A2 837
v 5010 279A1 270
v 5010 279A1 271