Adding a terminal view to the workspace

You can add a terminal view to your workspace, connect to a TN3270, TN5250, or VT100 host system with TCP/IP, and save the connection settings with the workspace.

Procedure

  1. Open the workspace where you want the view.
  2. If you want the view to occupy a new pane, click Split vertical icon Split Vertically or Split horizontal icon Split Horizontally in one of the views.
    The pane divides and a duplicate is created. If you split the Navigator, the new view is empty.
  3. Click terminal Terminal.
    The mouse pointer changes to the view icon (hand icon on Linux). If you get the wrong icon or decide not to add the view, press Escape or click somewhere in the toolbar.
  4. Click inside the view where you want the terminal emulator.
    When you click inside a view, the Terminal Emulator Configuration window opens.
  5. Specify the connection information for the view, or specify that you want to retrieve the connection information from a query.
    • If you want to specify the connection information in the configuration, select Use the values from this dialog, and complete the appropriate fields:
      Host
      Type the host name or IP address of the system to which you want to connect.
      Port
      Type the IP port number to which you want to connect. The default of 23 is valid for most installations.
      Terminal type
      Select a terminal type from the List box Terminal Type list or accept the default.
    • If you want to retrieve connection information from a query, select Fetch values from a query. You will then need to specify the appropriate query in the view properties.
      Note: To support obtaining connection information from a query, the monitoring agent for the target application must provide a suitable query to use. For more information, refer to the agent documentation.
  6. Click OK to accept the configuration and add the view.
  7. If you specified Fetch values from a query, open the view properties and specify the query that will provide the connection information. To determine which query to use, refer to the agent documentation.
  8. If you want to keep the terminal view in this workspace for future work sessions, do one of the following actions:
    • Click Save to update the workspace properties with the new view.
    • Click Save Workspace As in the File menu to save this as a new workspace and leave the original workspace as it was.

Results

This configuration information will be used each time the workspace is opened and will establish a connection to the specified host. By default the terminal connection remains active until you disconnect manually or until you end this Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Portal work session. This means you can open other workspaces and return to this one without breaking the connection.

What to do next

If you want to use dynamic terminal integration support to link to a specific application panel, you must also configure a connection script. Without a connection script, users will need to manually navigate to the appropriate application panel.