Creating and distributing configuration files
The push-to-client feature provides tools for system administrators to define remote system connections, define configuration files, and set client workstation preferences from a central location. These connection definitions, configuration files, and preferences can be distributed to individual client workstations automatically when they connect to a remote system. Product updates can also be pushed to client workstations when they connect to a remote system.
Before you begin
About this task
By using the push-to-client feature, you can
distribute the following configuration files:
- Global configuration files:
- Database connections
- Eclipse preferences
- Remote system connections
- Menu Manager files
- Software Analyzer Configurations
- Snippets
- Installation configuration
- System configuration files
- Remote index locations
- z/OS® file system mappings
- Property groups
- Default values
- Host-based projects
Procedure
To create and distribute configuration files, do these steps. Each of these steps links to more information about completing the step.
- Create a workspace that serves as the model workspace for the configurations and preferences to be distributed.
- From the model workspace, create connections to the primary remote system from which you intend to distribute global and system configurations and to each remote system from which you intend to distribute system configurations.
- Configure remote system connections, configuration files, and preferences in the model workspace.
- Export the configuration files that are to be distributed to other client workspaces.