Before you start to configure your system

This information covers what you must do before running the Configuration Tool.

In particular, make sure that communication links with your CICS® servers are correctly set up; see Configuring CICS server connections.

Start of changeOn Windows® Vista systems, if an elevated user configures the system, all other users can read from the default location. If a non-elevated user configures the system, the CICSCLI environment variable must be used to name the configuration file. Create the directory specified in the CICSCLI environment variable if it does not exist. When setting the CICSCLI environment variable at a Windows command line, Windows auto-completion adds double quotes around the path value. The double quotes must be removed, for example:
CICSCLI=C:\ProgramData\IBM\CICS Universal Client\ctg.ini 
Windows Vista configuration requires that log files must be identified in the ctg.ini file. Log files must be located in a directory that is accessible to the user who runs the Gateway or Client daemon, for example:
LOGFILE=C:\ProgramData\IBM\CICS Universal Client\cicscli.log  
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Start of changeThe Windows environment variable ALLUSERSPROFILE identifies a directory that is accessible to all users. By default, ALLUSERSPROFILE is a hidden directory and the value varies by Windows platform, for example:
XP ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users 
VISTA ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData 
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