Before you can view any information, you must establish
a connection between CICS® CM plug-in and
your CICS systems by providing
details about the system connection, its location, and its authentication
requirements.
Before you begin
You require a suitable credential, that is, a set of information that you use to
authenticate the connection. See
Defining connection credentials in IBM Explorer for z/OS product
documentation. You must have the correct level of authorization to connect to your system,
and you must be connected to your company network.
If your system administrator pre-configured the CICS CM plug-in, you can view the details in
the Host Connections view.
If the CICS CM plug-in is not configured, or you want
to add another connection, use the following procedure.
Procedure
- On the workbench menu, click . The Host Connections view is displayed.
- From the list of connection types, select Configuration
Manager, then click Add.
- In the Add Configuration Manager Connection window,
complete the fields with the details that your system or database
administrator provided:
Option |
Description |
Name |
The local name that you give to this database
connection. Use this name to distinguish between different database
connections. |
Host name |
The address of your Configuration Manager server. |
Port number |
The port that is used to access the server. |
Secure connection (TLS/SSL) |
Select this field if the connection uses TLS
or SSL security. |
CICS Connection |
The CICS Connection pane is populated with the CICS connections that are available
to use with this connection. The CICS CM
plug-in can use the CICS connection
to interrogate operation resources and the CICS CM Connection to interrogate definition
resources without your intervention. |
- Do one of the following:
- To save the configuration and connect immediately, click Save
and Connect. In the Signon window, select the user credentials
that you want to associate with the connection and click OK.
Your
new connection is shown in the Host Connections view.
The credential that is associated with the connection is shown in
brackets after the connection name.
- To save the configuration without connecting, click Save
and Close.
Optionally, associate a credential with the
connection. Right-click the connection name, click Set
Credentials to show the available credentials, then click
the credential that you require.
If you do not associate a
credential with the connection at this time, you will be prompted
for the credential when you start the connection.
To start the
connection later, select the connection from the list in the Host
Connections view, then click Connect.
Results
If you started the connection and the connection is successful,
a message is displayed in the CICS Explorer® status bar and the connection icon is green.
If
the connection is not successful, an error message is displayed in
the CICS Explorer status
bar. Use the information in the message to check the values in the
fields and correct any errors, then try to connect again.
What to do next
You can export your connections to back them up or to share them with other users. See Exporting connections in IBM Explorer for z/OS product
documentation.
You can set one connection in this connection category as the default so that this connection can
be used for automatic connection when you start CICS
Explorer. See Connecting automatically at startup in IBM Explorer for z/OS product
documentation.