Server Explorer is
a feature 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
In your COBOL development system, you can also view and access a
Micro Focus server.
From Server Explorer you can:
- Connect to a
Micro Focus 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
- 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:
- View the available
Micro Focus enterprise servers on your local machine or connect to an enterprise server running on a remote machine
- Specify sign on details as required
- Open the
Enterprise Server Administration page to configure enterprise servers.
- Associate Mainframe Subsystem applications with enterprise servers.
- Start or stop enterprise servers.
- Create or delete enterprise servers
- Update the status of the enterprise servers.
- Run the mainframe application.
- Use the
Enterprise Server administration facilities to monitor the execution of your mainframe applications.
If Server Explorer is not displayed, click
View >
Server Explorer or
View >
Other Windows >
Server Explorer.
