Setting default preferences

About this task

When you create a z/OS®connection, you specify server launcher settings on the z/OS UNIX Files page of the New Remote z/OS System Connection wizard.

The z/OS UNIX Files page is populated with default settings from the Server Launcher Settings preference page. If default settings for the z/OS system to connect to are unspecified on this page, the general default settings for all z/OS systems are used. If you must modify the default preferences, you can change these settings on the Server Launcher Settings preference page.

Procedure

To modify the default preferences for server launcher settings, complete the following steps, complete the following steps:

  1. On the Preferences window, double-click the Remote Systems node to open the tree of available preference pages.
  2. From the Remote Systems tree, click z/OS > Server Launcher Settings to open the Server Launcher Settings preference page.
  3. In the Daemon Port field, type the port number that the server daemon on the remote host uses. By default, port 4035 is specified.
  4. Click Apply to save your selections on the preference page.

Results

These settings are used as the default preferences for server launcher settings for the connection to the z/OS system.
Tip: When you modify settings on this preference page, these changes are not propagated to the properties for existing z/OS connections. You can use the Remote Server Launcher Settings section of the preference page to define a different set of preferences for existing connections to specific z/OS systems.