Stephen's Host Integration Server Blog
The intent is to share some details about Host Integration Server (HIS) that are not well documented, not well known, as well as various tidbits that come up when supporting HIS.
Host Integration Server 2009 Cumulative Update 7 (CU7) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the seventh and final Cumulative Update...
Date: 09/19/2014
Host Integration Server 2009 has entered Extended Support
For any of you running HIS 2009 in your environments, you should be aware that HIS 2009 has entered...
Date: 07/09/2014
DB2 Provider version information
The following table contains various information about several versions of the DB2 Providers...
Date: 06/27/2014
Description of Host Integration Server Security Groups
Host Integration Server uses two security groups to implement its security model. The goal of...
Date: 06/23/2014
Update Center for Host Integration Server and Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2
Based on feedback from both internal and external sources regarding questions about what the latest...
Date: 05/07/2014
Session Integrator Distributed Deployment
I ran across an error while doing some testing with Session Integrator in a distributed deployment...
Date: 04/04/2014
Host Integration Server 2013 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the first Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 04/01/2014
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 9 (CU9) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the ninth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 01/17/2014
Host Integration Server 2013 SDK available for download
The HIS 2013 Software Development Kit (SDK) was not included with HIS 2013 as it has been with all...
Date: 12/26/2013
Host Integration Server 2009 Cumulative Update 6 (CU6) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the sixth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 12/03/2013
TN3270 Server logs an Event ID: 702 message
We have come across a couple of reports of the TN3270 Server logging the following event message...
Date: 10/09/2013
Explaining the TN3270 Idle Timeout setting
Questions about how the TN3270 Idle Time setting works have come up over the years, so I decided...
Date: 10/08/2013
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 8 (CU8) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the eighth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 09/06/2013
Host Integration Server 2013 has been released
We are pleased to announce that Host Integration Server 2013 is released to manufacturing! Microsoft...
Date: 08/26/2013
Host Integration Server 2009 Cumulative Update 5 (CU5) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fifth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 06/07/2013
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 7 (CU7) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the seventh Cumulative Update (CU) for...
Date: 06/01/2013
Troubleshooting Host Integration Server Event 23 and Event 230 errors
I recently wrote a couple of Knowledge Base articles that are intended to explain why an HIS Server...
Date: 05/23/2013
BizTalk Adapter for DB2 unable to call DB2 Stored Procedure on AS/400 if Specific Name doesn’t match Procedure Name
If you have created DB2 Stored Procedures on an IBM iSeries (AS/400) that have a SPECIFIC name that...
Date: 05/08/2013
Missing data when querying IBM DB2 tables due to code page issues
We recently worked on a support case where a customer was using the Data Access Tool (DAT), which is...
Date: 01/08/2013
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 V4.0 Refresh is available
We have released an updated version of the standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2 V4.0 in the SQL Server...
Date: 12/31/2012
Host Integration Server 2009 Cumulative Update 4 (CU4) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fourth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 12/19/2012
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 6 (CU6) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the sixth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 11/30/2012
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 5 (CU5) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fifth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 08/28/2012
TN3270 service terminates unexpectedly after it is started
If the user account that the HIS services are configured to run under does not have permissions to...
Date: 06/22/2012
Host Integration Server 2009 Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the third Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 06/05/2012
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 4 (CU4) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the fourth Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 06/01/2012
Host Integration Server 2006 has entered Extended Support
For those of you still using HIS 2006 in your environments, please be aware that HIS 2006 entered...
Date: 04/13/2012
Host Integration Server Information on MSDN
I wanted to let everyone know that we have a Host Integration Server Developer Center page that...
Date: 03/02/2012
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the third Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 02/29/2012
HIS 2010 - .NET Managed C++ Extensions Sample for CPI-C
One of the HIS Product Team Test Engineers has put together a .NET Managed C++ Extensions...
Date: 01/10/2012
Support for HIS 2000 ends on January 10, 2012
HIS 2000 has been in the Extended Support phase of its lifecycle since January 9, 2007. Per the...
Date: 01/04/2012
Host Integration Server 2009 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the second Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 12/22/2011
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the second Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 12/12/2011
HIS 2010 Licensing FAQ
A HIS 2010 Licensing document has just been posted at...
Date: 09/22/2011
Host Integration Server 2009 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the first Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 09/14/2011
Host Integration Server 2010 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) is available
The Host Integration Server Product Team has just released the first Cumulative Update (CU) for HIS...
Date: 08/22/2011
Updated documentation for the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 Version 3.0 is available
Updated online documentation for the standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2 V3 included with the SQL...
Date: 07/25/2011
HIS 2010 DB2 Providers return errors when trying to connect to IBM DB2 for z/OS V7
If you are using HIS 2010 and want to communicate with IBM DB2 for z/OS V7, you might encounter the...
Date: 04/25/2011
DB2 returns errors if the connection string used by the BizTalk Adapter for DB2 does not include a Default Schema
If you use the BizTalk Adapter for DB2 to connect to a DB2 system, you may see errors similar to the...
Date: 03/18/2011
“Error serializing/deserializing XML document” error when using BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications to process a message that includes discriminated unions
If you are using the BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications (BAHA) included with BizTalk Adapters for...
Date: 12/31/2010
Host Integration Server 2010 available on October 1, 2010
Host Integration Server 2010 will be available for customers as part of the BizTalk Server 2010...
Date: 09/27/2010
Host Integration Server Forum available on TechNet
I just wanted to make sure that Host Integration Server users/enthusiasts are aware of the public...
Date: 07/06/2010
Host Integration Server upgrade may fail if prerequisites cannot be downloaded and installed
We recently ran into a case where a customer was trying to upgrade from HIS 2004 to HIS 2009. The...
Date: 06/25/2010
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 V3.0 is available
The latest version of the standalone OLE DB Provider for DB2 is now available as part of the...
Date: 06/11/2010
Errors when choosing Help in HIS 2009 tools and utilities
The following error may be displayed when pressing F1 in the HIS 2009 Configuration Tool: This...
Date: 06/01/2010
HIS 2009 Documentation fails to get installed
You may find some cases where the HIS 2009 Documentation fails to get installed even though you...
Date: 05/27/2010
Host Integration Server 2004 has moved into Extended Support
In case you weren’t aware, HIS 2004 has moved from Mainstream Support to Extended Support as of...
Date: 03/11/2010
Host Integration Server 2006 Service Pack 1 is available
For those of you running Host Integration Server 2006, you might be interested in knowing that HIS...
Date: 02/16/2010
SnaBase logs event messages 556 and 627 when an application calls a TI object defined as a WCF service
If you install HIS 2009 or BizTalk Adapters for Host Systems 2.0 in order to use Transaction...
Date: 02/09/2010
IP-DLC Connection to iSeries Systems fails with an Event ID 66
This particular problem was reported to me by a customer, but I also found out that the same issue...
Date: 12/22/2009