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, so additional instances of IBM® CICS Explorer™ must be started from a command line with the workspace name as a data parameter.

Before you begin

On Microsoft Windows operating systems, the CICS Explorer workspace is saved in the C:\Documents and Settings\username\ folder. You can choose to save additional workspaces in any folder you like, but the example below assumes you will save them in the default folder.

The default workspace name is ".cicsexplorer". You can use any name for additional workspaces, but the example below assumes you will use the name ".cicsexplorer2".

Procedure

  1. Open a Microsoft Windows command prompt, or go to the command shell on Linux.
  2. Change the path to the directory folder where the cicsexplorer.exe program has been installed
  3. Perform one of the following actions:
    1. On Microsoft Windows, type: cicsexplorer.exe -data "C:\Documents and Settings\username\.cicsexplorer2" and press enter.
    2. On Linux, type: cicsexplorer -data ~/.cicsexplorer2 and press enter.

Results

A new instance of CICS Explorer starts. If the workspace called .cicsexplorer2 already exists, CICS Explorer will use that one. If the workspace does not exist, CICS Explorer will create it.