Installation

Host Prerequisites>

File Manager for z/OS® Eclipse clients should only be used with the same version of File Manager for z/OS on the mainframe. For example, v15.1 Eclipse clients should only be used with File Manager for z/OS v15.1 on the mainframe. Connecting an Eclipse client to a mainframe host at a different version level is not supported (for example, v15.1 client to v14.1 host is not supported).

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Client Installation

The File Manager® plug-in for Eclipse is available for installation via the P2 Eclipse provisioning platform.

Under CICS Explorer™, follow the steps below:

  1. Click Help > Install New Software...
  2. Click Add
  3. Specify the File Manager® plug-in location in the Location field. This will be either a specific update site URL (e.g. http://example.com/updatesite/, a local mirror of the update site (e.g. file:/C:/updatesite/), or an archive file (e.g. jar:file:/C:/updatesite.zip!/).
  4. Click OK
  5. Select the appropriate features for your installation environment
  6. Click Next to review the installation details
  7. Click Next and review the license agreement(s)
  8. If you accept the license agreements, select I accept the terms of the license agreement
  9. Click Finish and wait for the IBM File Manager® plug-in to be installed. If you see a warning about unsigned content, click OK
  10. Once the installation is complete, a prompt to restart CICS Explorer™ will appear; click Restart Now to restart your Eclipse environment (e.g. CICS Explorer) and complete the installation.

Any P2 platform errors that are reported, such as "plug-in dependency not resolved", must be resolved.

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Showing the Systems Information View

Once installed successfully, open the File Manager perspective:

  1. Click Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other...

  2. Select File Manager from the Open Perspectives dialog

  3. Click the Open button

This perspective contains the views used by the File Manager® plug-in:

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