Starting multiple instances of CICS Explorer
You can have more than one instance of CICS® Explorer running at the same time. Each instance must have its own workspace.
About this task
You might want to have multiple instances of CICS Explorer® in some situations. For example, a system administrator might administer systems for two different clients and need to keep the connections and sets of bundles separate. An application developer might develop applications for multiple releases of CICS and need to work with each release separately.
You can specify different names and location paths for your workspaces when starting multiple instances of CICS Explorer.By default, the workspace directory of CICS Explorer for Aqua is called .zosexplorer and is located in your local user directory. CICS Explorer on Eclipse Marketplace uses the workspace of the Eclipse it is installed into.
The default workspace location depends on the operating system you are using. The path of the current workspace is shown in the CICS Explorer title bar.
The following example assumes you use the name .cicsexplorer_production, and save the workspace in the same directory as the current workspace.
Procedure
- Start a new instance of CICS Explorer in the same way you started
the current instance. For example, double-click the file zosexplorer.exe (zosexplorer on Linux® or macOS). CICS Explorer starts with the default workspace.
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Click Workspace Launcher window. In the
Workspace field, change the path to the name and location for the new
workspace. For example, C:\Documents and
Settings\username\.cicsexplorer_production.
to show the
- Optional: To copy the workbench layout, that is, the position and layout of the views in the perspectives, select the Workbench Layout check box in the Copy Settings list.
- Click OK.