rse.env, the z/OS Explorer configuration file

The z/OS® Explorer RSE server processes (RSE daemon, RSE thread pool, and RSE server) must know that they are extended by z/OS Explorer Extensions. Depending on where z/OS Explorer Extensions was installed, this detection is automatic, or done via an environment variable in rse.env.

If z/OS Explorer Extensions was installed in the plugin/ directory of z/OS Explorer, default /usr/lpp/IBM/zexpl/plugin/, then z/OS Explorer automatically detects the presence of z/OS Explorer Extensions on the next restart of the RSED started task, and no further action is required.

If z/OS Explorer Extensions was installed in another directory (the default is /usr/lpp/IBM/zee/), then variable RSE_PLUGIN_PATH must be updated in rse.env to specify the install location of z/OS Explorer Extensions.

rse.env is located in /etc/zexpl/, unless you specified a different location when you customized and submitted the z/OS Explorer FEK.SFEKSAMP(FEKSETUP) job. You can edit the file with the TSO OEDIT command. For more information, see Customization setup.

Note:
  • For your changes to take effect, the z/OS Explorer RSED started task must be restarted.
  • Usage of RSE_PLUGIN_PATH requires that z/OS Explorer 3.2 PTF UI71761 is applied.
Figure 1. rse.env: RSE_PLUGIN_PATH variable
#RSE_PLUGIN_PATH=
RSE_PLUGIN_PATH

Reference to plugin products that are not installed in the plugin/ directory. The default is an empty string. Uncomment and change to match the installation paths of products that extend z/OS Explorer. Multiple paths are separated by a colon (:).

Products that are installed in the plugin/ sub-directory are detected automatically and do not need to be added to RSE_PLUGIN_PATH.

For example: RSE_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lpp/IBM/zee