Creating a virtual portal under z/OS

Perform this task during configuration to create a virtual portal.

Before you begin

Before you begin ensure that you have completed any previous configuration steps. For information about planning the business needs of your virtual portals before running this task read Deciding about virtual portals and Planning for virtual portals.

About this task

Perform the following steps to create a virtual portal:

Procedure

  1. Start the Customization Dialog.
  2. In the Portal configuration panel, select Advanced configuration tasks.
  3. Select Configure a virtual portal.
  4. Select Create a virtual portal.
  5. Select Define variables.
  6. Define the variables for the task. For information about what to define for the variables see Task: create-virtual-portal.
  7. Follow the Customization Dialog instructions for submitting the customization jobs.

What to do next

On z/OS®, the Customization Dialog provides options for creating, modifying, or deleting a virtual portal, but not for listing virtual portals. However, when you modify or delete a virtual portal, you need the object ID of that virtual portal. When you create, modify, or delete a virtual portal by using the configuration task of the Customization Dialog, the Customization Dialog creates the job EJPSMVPL in your target control data set. You can use this job to list all virtual portals in your configuration. Submit the job EJPSMVPL. Upon completion, examine the job output. Success is indicated with rc=0 in the job output. This way you can determine the object ID of a virtual portal.