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Validating the Installation

After installation and customization, confirm the connection to the z/OS environment, via the z/Server and Mainframe Access (MFA) software, is correctly configured. Also, create file mappings for certain types of file, to ensure they are executed correctly on the mainframe.
  1. Click Start > All Programs > Micro Focus Enterprise Developer > Enterprise Developer for Eclipse.
  2. Open the workspace that was created during the Getting Started... tutorial.
  3. If the Team Developer perspective is not already displayed, click Window > Open Perspective > Other > Team Developer.
  4. Click the Remote Systems tab.

  5. Create a remote system (mainframe) connection:
    1. On the Remote Systems tab, click , or right-click the Remote Systems pane. If a connection to your mainframe has not been pre-configured and is therefore not listed, choose New > Connection and create the connection manually using the following steps.
    2. Select z/OS, then click Next.
    3. Enter the details of the mainframe that has z/Server and MFA server installed.

    4. Click Next, enter the port numbers for the installation on the mainframe, and edit the host codepages, as required.

      Note: Your systems administrator will have configured the port ranges during the mainframe installation of the z/Server software.
    5. Click Finish.
  6. In the bottom pane, click the File Mappings tab.
    Note: If the File Mappings view is not displayed, click Window > Show View > Other > Remote Systems > File Mappings.
  7. If the following file mappings have not been pre-configured, right-click and choose Add Mapping, then create the following two file mappings:
    • Generic Name: *JCL, Extension: jcl
    • Generic Name: *COBOL, Extension: cbl

  8. Right-click the Remote Systems pane and choose Connect. You are prompted to log on to the mainframe.
    Tip: The first time you connect, check the box to remember your userid for future logons.
  9. Log on with your normal mainframe user ID and password. The MVS, JES and USS Explorer entries are displayed in green to indicate you have logged on successfully.

  10. If the system has not been added to the Team Developer Tree View, right-click the Team Developer Tree view and choose Add System.
  11. In the Add System(s) dialog box, select the connection that you just defined, then click OK. The Team Developer Tree View displays the available models, one of which is the Micro Focus BankDemo Tutorial model.
  12. Right-click Micro Focus BankDemo Tutorial and select Load Application. The tutorial's datasets are displayed.
The installation and verification of the BankDemo tutorial is complete. You are ready to run the application.
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