To Set a Region's Startup File

You can set a region's startup file after creating the region. Use the following procedure to create a region definition without a startup file associated with it and then subsequently associate one.

1. In the Tree pane of the Enterprise Server for .NET Administration UI, select Regions.
2. In the Actions pane, click Define Region.

   The first page of the Define Region wizard is displayed.

3. Enter the name of the database server instance where you want your region database to be created, or where your region database already exists, in the Database server instance entry field. For example, for a SQL Server Express instance on the local machine, type: (local)\SQLEXPRESS. Click Next.

   Enterprise Server for .NET Administration UI now connects to the selected database server and the next page of the Define Region wizard is displayed. This page lists all existing region databases on the selected database server that are not currently defined to the UI.

4. Either select one of the regions listed in the Existing regions in server instance list, or enter the name of a new region in the Region name entry field. Click Finish to create the region definition.

   The region now appears in the Tree pane of the user interface under the Regions->CICS node (because we selected the CICS ESDEMO region startup file in the previous step), with the icon to show that the region database has not yet been created.

5. To associate a region startup file with the region definition that has just been created, click on Add Region File in the Actions pane.

   The Region Startup File Location dialog is displayed

6. Select the region startup file to be associated with the region. Valid locations for the region startup file are:

   Local machine

   Select when the startup file is located on a drive on the local machine.

   Server machine

   Select when the startup file is located on another network machine. You would use this option when, from your local machine, you want to create and manage regions on a remote machine.

   Cross-region database

   Select when the startup file is in the cross-region database of the database server instance that you specified earlier. This is the preferred option for a production or a scale-out environment.

   Use the Browse button to browse for the region startup file in the selected location.

   Note:

   The default Region_ESDEMO.config and Region_JCLDEMO.configfiles are installed to %ProgramData%\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\24.3\SEE\config.

   Click Ok to associate the startup file.

   The Region Startup File Location dialog is dismissed