You can add IMS Connect systems manually to the
IMS Connect Extensions
Operations Console using the Navigation
view.
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Click
in the Navigation view, and then click IMS
Connect.
The Enter System Details dialog is displayed.
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Enter the following system information:
Figure 1. Manually adding an IMS Connect system to IMS Connect Extensions
Operations Console for z/OSĀ® Explorer
- System Name
- The name of the IMS Connect system.
- System Description
- A description for the IMS Connect system.
- Console Host
- The host name or IP address of the mainframe in which the IMS Connect system (with IMS Connect Extensions) resides.
- Console Port
- The port number in IMS Connect that is reserved for the IMS Connect Extensions
Operations Console. You can find this port number in the
following locations:
- The system definition in the IMS Connect Extensions ISPF dialog.
- The IMS Connect Extensions log.
- The CEXPRINT DD for the IMS Connect job.
- Enable secure connection
- Enable or disable the TLS secure connection by selecting or clearing
the check box.
- Key Store
- The keystore contains client certificates to identify your computer
with other computers.
You can click Browse,
and locate the file that you want to add.
- Key Store Password
- The password of the Key Store.
- Trust Store
- The trust store contains server certificates that describes target
host servers.
You can click Browse, and
locate the file that you want to add.
- Trust Store Password
- The password of the Trust Store.
- Connection Profile
- Select Default Connection Profile to use the default user ID and password
to connect to this system. If other connection profiles have been
added, you can select one of them to use for this IMS Connect
system.
Note: Passwords must conform to the
Activate
Mixed Case Passwords setting in the
IMS Connect Extensions system definition:
- If Activate Mixed Case Passwords
is enabled, you must enter each letter in the password
in the correct case.
- If Activate Mixed Case Passwords
is not enabled, the password is converted to all
uppercase so it does not matter how it is entered.
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Click Test Connection to try to connect to the system using the selected
connection profile.
If the connection is unsuccessful, check for additional messages in the Common
Services Library
Console view.
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When you are finished making changes, click Save.
You can also organize your IMS Connect systems into groups. See
Grouping systems.