Provides step-by-step instructions that guide you through the creation and configuration of the ESAACT
enterprise server region on which to run the AACT application.
Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.
To successfully run your new AACT application, you must first create a new enterprise server region configured for Mainframe
Subsystem Support, and with Assembler enabled.
Create the ESAACT
enterprise server region
- In Eclipse, open the Server Explorer view.
If the Server Explorer view is not visible, click
.
- In the Server Explorer view, expand
Local [localhost:10086] and right-click
Default [127.0.0.1:86]
- Click
.
This opens the
New Enterprise Server dialog box.
- In the
Name field, type
ESAACT.
Note: At some point in the process of creating a new
enterprise server region, you might be prompted to provide connection details by an
Enterprise Server
Sign On dialog box. This is a standard security dialog box. Click
OK without specifying any sign-on details. Also, if prompted to disable password recovery, click
No.
- Click
Browse next to the
Template field.
This opens the
Select template file dialog box. The default location of the
Enterprise Server templates shipped with
Enterprise Developer is in
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\etc\ServerTemplates.
- Click
CICSTemplate.xml, and click
Open.
This template creates an enterprise server with Mainframe Subsystem Support configured for CICS.
- In the
Associate with projects field, check
AACT to associate the new
enterprise server region with the AACT project.
- Click
Finish to create the server.
Server Explorer refreshes the
Default [127.0.0.1:86] node to display the ESAACT server.
Configure the ESAACT
enterprise server region in
ESCWA
- Start
Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA)
-
See
To Start ESCWA for more information on starting
ESCWA.
- Set general properties
-
- In
ESCWA, click
NATIVE.
- In the navigation pane, click
.
- Click
Edit on the row for
ESAACT.
This opens the
GENERAL PROPERTIES page for the ESAACT server where you can set the
ES_MFASM_SUPPORT environment variable, which enables Assembler for CICS regions.
- In the
Configuration Information field, type:
[ES-Environment]
ES_MFASM_SUPPORT=Y
BASE=C:\Users\username\workspace\AACT
- Optionally, you can add a description for the ESAACT
enterprise server region. To do this, in the
Description field, type a description of the new enterprise server. For example,
Assembler AACT Tutorial.
- To save the changes, click
APPLY.
- Configure the TN3270 listener
- The endpoint address for the TN3270 listener defines the port number used when you connect to the
enterprise server region using the Rumba+ TN3270 emulator.
- Click
.
- Expand
Communications Process 1 and click
TN3270.
- In the
Hostname or IP Address field, type
*.
- In the
Port field, type
9004.
- Click
APPLY.
- Set Assembler properties
- The template you used to create the ESAACT
enterprise server region sets properties for CICS applications. You need to reset these properties for Assembler applications.
- Click
.
- In the
System Initialization Table field, type
ASMSIT.
- In the
Resource Definition File Path field, specify the location of your
dfhdrdat resource definition file:
$BASE\SYSTEM
- In the
Transaction Path field, type
$BASE\loadlib
- In the
File Path field, type
$BASE\loadlib
- In the
Map Path field, replace the existing path with
$BASE\loadlib.
- Click
APPLY.