You can export one or more connections to an external file
to back them up or to share with other users. If you save the connection
file on a shared disk, or upload it to a web server, users can load
the connection details into their z/OS® Explorer.
Any changes to the shared connection file are picked up automatically
the next time the user starts z/OS Explorer.
About this task
You can export some or all of your connections to an external
file. You can export connections that you created locally, and connections
that you have imported. The file can be used by an individual user,
or shared among many users.
Procedure
- Start from the Host Connections view.
To open this view, click on the main
menu of the workbench.
- Click the Export Connections to File icon
in the toolbar of the view.
- In the Export Connections to File window,
select the connections that you want to export from the list of locally
created and statically imported connections. You can expand
and collapse the list, and use the following icons and buttons:
- Expand All icon. Expand the connection
types and show all the connections.
- Collapse All icon. Collapse the connections
and show only the connection types.
- Show Links icon. Show the connections that
are loaded from an external connections file.
- Select All. Select all the connections.
- Deselect All. Deselect all the connections.
- Optional: Type, or browse for, a location and
file name for the exported file in File Location. By default, the file is named my_connections.pref and
is saved in your current workspace. You must use a file type of .pref.
- Click OK. The selected
connections are exported as an XML file with
a file type of .pref. The file is saved at the
specified location.
What to do next
You can now share your connections with other users. If
you place the file in a central location, other users can load or
import the connections into their copy of z/OS Explorer.
It is possible, but not advisable, to edit the file in
a text editor. If you change the connection information in the file,
you must maintain the structure, otherwise the import, or load might
fail. The connection IDs are generated and used by z/OS Explorer,
and any changes to the IDs might cause the connections to fail.