Configuring a connection

Before you can view any information, you must establish a connection between the CICS® TG plug-in and your Gateway daemon by providing details of the Gateway location, and statistics port. Authentication is not supported and any values specified are ignored. You can create multiple connections, however each connection must have a unique name.

Procedure

  1. Open the preferences window using Window > Preferences, expand CICS Explorer and select Connections to open the connections pane within the preferences window.
    A screen shot of the CICS TG plug-in Connections window that shows the Connections information, which includes the Host Name (server address), and Port Number. A Connect button, Restore Defaults button and Apply button.
  2. Enter the details of your connection and click Apply. The details are entered into the system and the Connection button is enabled.
  3. Click Connect to test the connection. You are prompted to enter your password and you have the option to save your password.The status bar at the bottom of the workbench displays the connection status. See the Messages section in the CICS Explorer™ User Guide for more information on messages.
  4. Click OK. If you want to create and save another connection you must click New first and give the new connection a unique name in the Name field, and work through the previous steps.

Example

You can create multiple connections under the same type. The connection names that you create are displayed in the CICS TG Explorer view. You can see all your connections by name in the drop-down list in the Connections pane.

Screen capture of the multiple connections in the Connections view. The Name: drop-down shows four Gateway names CTG720L1, CTG720L2, CTGRED1, and CTGRED2.

You can also see the status of all of your connections if you click the connection status bar menu icon downward arrow in the lower-right corner of the workbench window, as shown below.

connection status bar