Configure Enterprise Server/MSS

Overview

In this tutorial, you create an enterprise server with the Mainframe Subsystem Support (MSS), configure it for the ACCT application, and run the application under Enterprise Server/MSS.

Create an Enterprise Server

Enterprise Server comes with a pre-configured enterprise server named ESDEMO. However, it is not configured for Mainframe Subsystem Support (MSS). Therefore, you must create a new enterprise server instance configured for MSS for the CICS application.

1. Open the Server Explorer window in the IDE.

   If it is hidden, click View > Server Explorer.

2. Right-click localhost, and click . New > Enterprise Server

   This starts the New Enterprise Server dialog.

3. Type ACCT in the Name field.
4. Leave the 64-bit box unchecked.
5. Click the browse button next to the Template field.

   This opens the location of the Enterprise Developer server templates which is %Program Files%\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL SOA\1.0\Etc\ServerTemplates by default.

6. Select CICSTemplate.xml, and click Open.
7. On the Create New Enterprise Server dialog, check ACCT in the Associate with projects box.
8. On the Enterprise Server Sign On dialog, click OK.

   The Output window displays a notification that the server has been created.

9. In Server Explorer, expand localhost to check that the ACCT server has been added to localhost.

Start the ACCT Enterprise Server

Now, you need to start the enterprise server instance that you have created and configured.

1. In Server Explorer, right-click the ACCT server, and then click Start.

   If you see the Enterprise Server Sign On dialog box, click OK without filling in any details and click No when prompted to create a master password. Also, allow access for the Micro Focus Communications Process, if you receive a Windows Security Alert.

   This opens the Output window and shows the output from the Enterprise Server console log in it. It also shows that the server has started.

2. In Server Explorer, right-click the ACCT server, and then click Show Console Log.

   This opens the Output window agaian but this time it shows the details from the Enterprise Server console log.