The IBM Explorer for z/OS

The IBM® Explorer for z/OS® (z/OS Explorer) provides a platform for tools that manage various z/OS subsystems, including CICS Explorer® to manage CICS®. z/OS Explorer provides a framework to manage your system connections, your z/OS artifacts, and projects and their resources.

You can use z/OS Explorer to manage the following CICS connections:
  • CICS management client interface (CMCI) for connection to a CICS TS Version 4 or later CICSPlex® SM WUI server or a single CICS region with update capability.
  • CICSPlex SM Data Interface for read-only connection to a CICS TS Version 3 or later CICSPlex SM WUI server.
  • CICS management client interface (CMCI) for connection to a single CICS TS for z/VSE® region.

You can use z/OS Explorer to manage connections to the relevant subsystems that are required when CICS Tools plug-ins are installed in CICS Explorer.

You can use z/OS Explorer to manage FTP or z/OSMF connections.

For more information, see Overview of IBM Explorer for z/OS.