Rational® Developer
for System z® provides tools
for system administrators to define remote system connections, define
configuration files, and set client workstation preferences from a
central location. These connection definitions, configuration files,
and preferences can be distributed to individual client workstations
automatically when they connect to a remote system. Product updates
can also be pushed to client workstations when they connect to a remote
system.
Before you begin
To create and distribute remote connection definitions,
configuration files, and preferences from a central location, Rational Developer for System z must have been configured
to enable push-to-client updates. For information about configuring
push-to-client updates, refer to
"pushtoclient.properties, Host-based
client control" in the
IBM® Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration Guide (SC23-7658).
About this task
When a user connects to the primary remote system or to another
remote system for which system configuration files are defined, the
configuration files stored on that system are compared to those on
the workstation. If updates are available, users are prompted to install
them.
You can distribute the following configuration files:
- Database connections
- Eclipse preferences
- Remote system connections
- Menu Manager files
- Installation configuration
- Software Analyzer Configurations
- Remote index locations
- z/OS® file system mappings
- Property groups
- Default values
- Host-based projects
Procedure
To create and distribute configuration files, do these
steps. Each of these steps links to more information about completing
each step.
- Create a new workspace that serves as the master workspace for
the configurations and preferences to be distributed.
- From the master workspace, create connections to
the primary remote system from which you intend to distribute global
and system configurations and to each remote system from which you
intend to distribute system configurations.
- Configure remote system connections, configuration files,
and preferences in the master workspace.
- Export the configuration files that are to be distributed
to other client workspaces.