System Terminal workspace

Use this workspace to log on to the z/VM® system and to access the z/VM Performance Toolkit to further investigate a problem. Once in the z/VM Performance Toolkit, you can navigate to specific screens to view more detailed data and to investigate a problem.

You access the System Terminal workspace from the Navigator. Right-click the name of the System workspace and select System Terminal.

The System Terminal workspace uses the terminal emulator adapter feature of Tivoli Enterprise Portal. The terminal emulator adapter turns the view into a 3270, 5250, or Telnet interface so you can connect to any TN3270, TN5250, or VT100 host system with TCP/IP.

For 3270 or 5250 terminal views, the terminal emulator adapter feature provides a scripting language interface that you can use to perform the following activities:

• You can record (capture) a host session. As you interact with a host session, the session is recorded as a set of script commands that can be saved under a name you specify and played back at a later time. This allows you to automate navigation to a specific set of screens.
• You can author complex scripts containing custom functions for manipulating host sessions. By default, the terminal connection remains active until you disconnect manually or until you end your Tivoli Enterprise Portal work session. This means you can open other workspaces and return to this one without breaking the connection.

Click the Connection icon to provide information about the host system you are using, the port number, and the terminal type. This configuration information is used each time the workspace is opened and establishes a connection to the specified host. You can save the terminal view in this workspace for future work sessions. See the Tivoli Enterprise Portal online help for additional details about the terminal emulator feature.

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