Before you can view any information, you must establish
a connection between the CICS® IA plug-in and
the DB2® database where the CICS IA Collector
stores its data. You must enter the information to connect to the DB2 database and associate the connection
with a credential to authenticate that connection.
Before you begin
You must have details of the connection to the DB2 database where the CICS IA Collector
stores its data, the correct level of authorization, and be connected
to your company's network.
You require a suitable credential,
that is, a set of information that you use to authenticate the connection
to the DB2 database where the CICS IA Collector
stores its data. For details about creating credentials, see Defining connection credentials in the CICS Explorer® User Guide.
About this task
The following procedure describes how to configure a new CICS IA system
connection.
Alternatively, you can load or import shared connection
definitions from a central location, or connection definitions from
another user. For details, see Using shared connection definitions in the CICS Explorer User Guide.
Procedure
- On the workbench menu, click . The Host Connections view is displayed.
- From the list of connection types, select Interdependency
Analyzer, then click Add.
- In the Add Interdependency Analyzer Connection window,
complete the fields with the details that your system or database
administrator provided:
Option |
Description |
Name |
The local name that you give to this database connection.
Use this name to distinguish between different database connections. |
Host name |
The host name or IP address of the z/OS® host system for the DB2 database that the Collector uses. |
Port Number |
The port number that DB2 is
listening on for connections from the CICS IA® plug-in. |
Secure connection (TLS/SSL) |
Select this check box if the connection uses SSL security. |
Location |
The name that requesters use to connect to the DB2 database that the Collector uses, for example
DB2LOCN. |
Schema (Qualifier) |
The qualifier of the schema name in the DB2 database that the Collector uses. This name
is specified when CICS IA is installed, for example CICSIA51. |
- Do one of the following:
- To save the configuration and connect immediately, click Save
and Connect. In the Signon window, select the user credentials
that you want to associate with the connection and click OK.
Your
new connection is shown in the Host Connections view.
The credential that is associated with the connection is shown in
brackets after the connection name.
- To save the configuration without connecting, click Save
and Close.
Optionally, associate a credential with the
connection. Right-click the connection name, click Set
Credentials to show the available credentials, then click
the credential that you require.
If
you do not associate a credential with the connection at this time,
you will be prompted for the credential when you start the connection.
To
start the connection later, select the connection from the list in
the Host Connections view, then click Connect.
What to do next
You can export your connections to back them up or to
share them with other users. In the toolbar of the Host
Connections view, click the Export Connections
to File icon
, then enter the required path
and file name. The default file type is pref.