Installation

Host Prerequisites

The latest File Manager plug-in for Eclipse requires IBM® File Manager® for z/OS® V11.1 (5655-W47) with a PTF for APAR PM47010. See Summary of File Manager Client/Server Compatibility section for more details.

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Client Prerequisites

File Manager plug-in for Eclipse requires an Eclipse environment of 3.4 or later to work and a Java Runtime Environment of 1.5 (Java 5) or above. If your Eclipse environment does not satisfy this or other prerequisites, then the the plug-in will fail to install.

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Client Installation

File Manager plug-in for Eclipse is available for installation via the P2 Eclipse provisioning platform.

Under CICS Explorer™, follow the steps below:

  1. Click Help > Install New Software...
  2. Click Add
  3. Specify the File Manager® plug-in location in the Location field. This will be either a specific update site URL (e.g. http://example.com/updatesite/, a local mirror of the update site (e.g. file:/C:/updatesite/), or an archive file (e.g. jar:file:/C:/updatesite.zip!/).
  4. Click OK
  5. Select the following features:
  6. Click Next to review the installation details
  7. Click Next and review the license agreement(s)
  8. If you accept the license agreements, select I accept the terms of the license agreement
  9. Click Finish and wait for the IBM File Manager® plug-in to be installed. If you see a warning about unsigned content, click OK
  10. Once the installation is complete, a prompt to restart CICS Explorer™ will appear; click Restart Now to restart your Eclipse environment (e.g. CICS Explorer) and complete the installation.

Any P2 platform errors that are reported, such as "plug-in dependency not resolved", must be resolved.

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Showing the Systems Information View

Once installed successfully, the File Manager® plug-in's Systems Information view, which is the main view of the File Manager® plug-in, can be shown:

  1. (optional) Click Window > Open Perspective > Resource
  2. Click Window > Show View > Other
  3. Expand File Manager
  4. Click Systems Information
  5. Click OK

Note that you can drag the view to a more desirable location: it is recommended to drag the view to the top left corner of the window so that it is taller than it is wide.

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