Accessing a Tivoli Management Services host session

When researching the cause of an alert, you might want to go directly to the problem host so you can review conditions raised by a Tivoli Management Services product.

To access a Tivoli Management Services host session, access the terminal emulator adapter of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.

The terminal emulator adapter turns a workspace view into a TN3270 or TN5250 session so you can connect to any 3270 or 5250-based host system (for example, z/OS® or i5/OS) using TCP/IP. The terminal emulator adaptor provides simple terminal emulation; with it, you can access terminal-based applications like the OMEGAMON for CICS (3270) interface. It also provides a scripting language interface that enables you to do the following tasks:

Permits you to 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.
Permits you to author complex scripts containing custom functions for manipulating host sessions.

See the Tivoli Enterprise Portal online help for instructions on using the terminal emulator adapter and dynamic terminal integration support.