Before you can view any information, you must establish a connection between CICS Explorer® and your CICS® systems by providing details about the system connection, its location, and its authentication requirements. By default, CICS Explorer attempts to connect using the SSL protocol. If the SSL connection is not successful, the connection is reattempted without SSL.
If you are connecting to a CICS TS version 3 system, you must connect to a CICSPlex SM WUI server using the CICSPlex® SM Data Interface read-only connection.
If you are connecting to a CICS version 4 or later system you can connect
either to a CICSPlex SM
WUI server using the CICSPlex SM
Data Interface read-only connection, or, if you want update capability,
you can use the CICS management
client interface (CMCI) connection. If you are using the CMCI connection,
the CICS system must be set
up to use CMCI. See Setting up the CICS management
client interface in the CICS information
center for instructions on how to do this.
If you are connecting to a CICS TS for VSE/ESA 1.1.1 system, you can use the CICS management client interface (CMCI) read-only connection.
If CICS Explorer is not configured, or you want to add a connection, perform these steps:
The connection and associated credential are displayed in the Host Connections view.
You can now connect to the system by right-clicking the connection name and clicking Connect. Alternatively, select the connection name and click the Connect button. If the connection is not already associated with a credential, you can choose an existing credential or create one at this time.