Managing Enterprise Server Regions from Server Explorer

Server Explorer is a window in Visual Studio that enables you to connect to servers, as well as view and access their resources.

For example, you can connect to, view and access the following resources:

  • Data Connections
  • Servers
  • Event Logs
  • Services

Server Explorer shows the following server nodes:

  • Micro Focus Servers - shows the available Enterprise Server instances.
  • Micro Focus ES.NET Servers - shows the regions of Enterprise Server for .NET.
Note: This section provides instructions only about how to create and manage Enterprise Server instances. For help with ES.NET regions, refer to the product help for Enterprise Server for .NET.

In your COBOL development system, you can also view and access a Micro Focus server.

  • Connect to a Micro Focus directory server and check which enterprise servers are running
  • Start and stop Micro Focus enterprise servers
  • Create or delete Micro Focus enterprise servers
  • Run and monitor Mainframe Subsystem Applications or Enterprise Server Applications
  • Access the enterprise server administration facilities
Note: You can also perform some of these tasks from within Solution Explorer and the context-menu commands available at project level.
The related links contain information on the commands available using Server Explorer for maintaining the Micro Focus servers and mainframe applications:
  1. View the available Micro Focus enterprise servers on your local machine or connect to an enterprise server running on a remote machine
  2. Specify sign on details as required
  3. Open the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration page to configure enterprise servers.
  4. Associate Mainframe Subsystem Applications or Enterprise Server Applications with enterprise servers.
  5. Start or stop enterprise servers.
  6. Create or delete enterprise servers
  7. Update the status of the enterprise servers.
  8. Run the mainframe application.
  9. Use the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration facilities to monitor the execution of your Mainframe Subsystem Applications or Enterprise Server Applications.

If Server Explorer is not displayed, click View > Server Explorer or View > Other Windows > Server Explorer.

Parent topic: Using Enterprise Server from within the IDE
Related information
Mainframe Programming
Using from within the IDE
Enterprise Server Integration with the IDE
Using Solution Explorer with Enterprise Server
MSS Configuration and Administration