Intro to Tibco

Tibco Products used at T-Mobile

RV (RendezVous) BW (Business Works) TRA (Tibco Runtime Agent) EMS (Enterprise Message Service) Hawk Adapters

Adapters
Provides the connection mechanism to remote systems Provides the protocol translation from remote systems Adapters:
Http Soap Ftp SAP (BPM or IDocs) Tuxedo Remedy RMI EJB LDAP Database Siebel Many Others

Communication Foundation RV (RendezVous)

Tibcos underlying transport technology using Bus / Broadcast architecture (uses UDP with added package sequencing) Components arent interconnected but communicate with each other using subjects

RVD (RV Daemon)

Process running on each machine that handles the broadcast communication

RVRD (RV Remote Daemon)

Processes running on machines on different subnets that exchange RV messages from within their subnets

BusinessWorks (bw) BusinessWorks processes (engines) encapsulate business logic and functionality using SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Developers utilize a designer with a graphical user interface (GUI) for creating integration scenarios A bw can utilize an engine to automate routine sequences of tasks Comes with a web-based interface for monitoring applications, system resources and processes.

SQLManager An external database connection / query process that utilizes BEAs WebLogic platform to perform SQL queries Implemented to allow for easier control over tuning of connections In-house developed java app

EMS (Enterprise Messaging Service) Equivalent to JMS, often referred to interchangeably Provides a persistent alternative to RV Guarantees delivery through the use of messaging queues More distributed messaging through the use of subjects

Hawk Provides a tool for monitoring and managing Tibcos distributed components Able to take action when pre-defined conditions occur Runtime failures or slowdowns can be repaired automatically reducing unscheduled outages and slowdowns of critical business systems

Administrator Used to deploy, manage and administer Tibco components Comes with a web-based GUI that utilizes Hawk to manage Tibco components remotely