Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.6

Creating and starting a connection to a CICS Resource Definition server

This topic describes how to create and start a connection to a CICS® Resource Definition server using the Application Deployment Manager.
Note: For more information about connecting to the Application Deployment Manager see the documentation for the Application Deployment Manager in the online help for Rational® Developer for System z® (see Application Deployment Manager).
This topic contains the following subtopics:

Navigating to the Connections page of the Preferences window

Use the Connections page of the Preferences window to create and start a connection to a CICS Resource Definition server. You can reach the Connections page from two contexts:

Creating a connection to a CICS Resource Definition server

When you have reached the Connections page:
  1. Click New to create a new connection. To modify an existing connection expand the Name list and select the connection.

  2. Set the contents of the fields as described below:

    Type
    Select CICS Resource Definition server via Web Services.
    Name
    Type the name that you want to use for the connection. You can use the name of the CICS region to which you are connecting (such as NQA17C01).
    Server address
    Type the IP address of the server on which the CICS region is running (such as system.company.com).
    Port
    Type the port number for connecting to the CICS region (such as 6182).
    User ID
    Type your user ID for the CICS region.
    Password
    Type your password for the CICS region.
    Default primary connection region
    See your system administrator to determine whether you should select this check box. If you have more than one connection to a CICS resource definition server then see your system administrator to determine which connection you should set as the default.
  3. Click Apply.

Starting a connection to a CICS Resource Definition server

You use the Connections page of the Preferences window to start a CICS Resource Definition server.

To start a connection:

  1. Expand the Name list and select the connection that you want to start.

  2. Click Connect.

    Note:
    • If the connection is successful then the name of the connection is displayed in a list of active connections beside a green icon on a toolbar at the bottom of the workbench's main window (see the documentation for the Application Deployment Manager in the online help for Rational Developer for System z).

    • If the connection fails then the Application Deployment Manager displays an error message. For an explanation of the message see the documentation for the Application Deployment Manager in the online help for Rational Developer for System z.

  3. Click OK to close the Preferences window.


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