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Installing client software

Bravura Security Fabric communicates with the OS/400 server via APIs provided by the IBM iSeries Access for Windows client. Before you can target an OS/400 server, you must install the IBM iSeries Access for Windows client software on the Bravura Security Fabric server.

To install IBM iAccess Windows Application framework:

  1. Obtain the IBMiAccess_v1r1_WindowsAP_English.zip package from the IBM website.

  2. Extract the files from the zip package.

  3. Run setup.exe in the Image64a folder.

Note the default installation directory which is: C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Client Access\

By default, the setup program installs:

  • Required programs

  • ODBC

  • OLE DB Provider

  • .NET Data Provider

  • Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

  • Languages

  • Header, Libraries, and Documentation

After the install, cwbco.dll is installed in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 .

The client requires ports to be open between all the Bravura Security Fabric servers (nodes or proxies, wherever the agent runs), and all targets to be managed, as described in: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/unable-start-or-connect-tcpip-server .

Connectors for OS/400 Server and OS/400 Server hosted applications use the API contained in this DLL and its sub-DLLs.

This software also contains a 5250 emulator. The emulator is used to configure the server for transparent password synchronization. If you plan to implement transparent synchronization, verify that you can establish a connection to the OS/400 server with it. If you cannot, install a 5250 emulator that can communicate with your OS/400 server.

Consult the documentation included with your iSeries client software for more information.

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