IBM® File Manager® plug-in extension for Rational Developer for System z® is an extension of the IBM® File Manager® plug-in for Eclipse which makes the File Manager® plug-in's capabilities easier to access for Rational Developer for System z® users. In particular, the extension makes File Manager® specific actions available in the Remote System Explorer view, such as invoking File Manager® Formatted Editor against a selected data set.
To utilize the capability of the IBM® File Manager® plug-in for Eclipse, File Manager® is required to be installed on the mainframe.
In addition to installing and configuring the appropriate File Manager®, the RSE server component needs to be configured so that the client is able to:
The environmental variable PD_SERVER_PORT needs to be defined in the RSE server configuration file rsed.envars (in the configuration directory on the mainframe system) and its value set to the port number where the File Manager® server is listening, e.g. PD_SERVER_PORT=1539.
The following File Manager® plug-in capabilities are supported for z/OS® data sets in the Remote Systems view:
All functions provided by the File Manager® plug-in appear under the File Manager® menu item category in the context menu.
Snapshot of File Manager® actions available in RSE view |
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