The IBM Explorer for z/OS
The IBM® Explorer for z/OS® (z/OS Explorer) provides a framework to manage your system connections, manage your z/OS artifacts, and manage projects and their resources. z/OS Explorer is an integrated part of CICS Explorer®.
You can use z/OS Explorer
to manage the following CICS® connections:
- CICS management client interface (CMCI) for connection to a CICS TS Version 4 or later CICSPlex® SM WUI server or a single CICS region with update capability.
- FTP or z/OSMF connections.
- CICSPlex SM Data Interface for read-only connection to a CICS TS Version 3 or later CICSPlex SM WUI server.
- CICS management client interface (CMCI) for read-only connection to a single CICS TS for VSE/ESA 1.1.1 region.
You can also use z/OS Explorer to manage connections to the relevant subsystems that are required when CICS tools plug-ins are installed in the CICS Explorer.
z/OS Explorer includes context help, and more detailed help about using z/OS Explorer and the basic Eclipse functions in the z/OS Explorer User Guide.
Next steps
For more information about z/OS Explorer, see IBM Explorer for z/OS User Guide.
Alternatively, use the search facility to find specific information in the help.