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Launching MainView Explorer

You can launch MainView Explorer in one of the following ways:

  • Perform a one-time download of a stand-alone package, which can be deployed locally or remotely, and is easily configurable to create one or more MainView Explorer sessions. The stand-alone package also includes a custom mini JRE built from the latest OpenJDK; therefore, installing Java separately on your PC is not required. 
  • Use Java Web Start from any web browser to launch individual MainView Explorer sessions that are then saved as shortcuts to your desktop. Make sure that you have Java 8 already installed on your PC.

Note

Regardless of the method you choose, before you launch MainView Explorer you must ensure that the Host Server is running. For more information, see Starting-and-stopping-the-Host-Server.

To launch MainView Explorer from the stand-alone package

  1. Open any browser and enter the URL: http://host:port/mveload to download the stand-alone package.
    • For host, use the IP address or name of the system on which the Host Server is running.
    • For port, use the value specified for the PORT parameter in the Host Server startup procedure. For more information, see Creating-the-Host-Server-startup-procedure.
  2. Press Enter.
    The MainView Explorer download page appears.
  3. Click Download to begin downloading the stand-alone package, mveimage.exe.
  4. Save the file to the directory from which you want to run MainView Explorer:
    • If prompted to Run or Save the file, click the arrow next to Save and select Save As. Browse to the location you want and click Save.
    • If the file is saved automatically, open your Downloads folder and move the file to the desired location.
  5. Double-click the file to extract the mveimage folder and its contents. 

  6. The README file in the mveimage folder describes the manual process for setting up run files and an optional desktop shortcut icon. The mveSetup.bat file in the mveimage folder, runs the setup process automatically, prompting only for your host and port parameters. Double-click the mveSetup.bat file to begin the automated process. A command is generated to launch MVE with your parameters. Following is an example of the command with your parameters (shown in bold):

    \bin\java -Xmx1024m -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1 -m com.bmc.mve sysa 3940

    This command is placed in the runmve.bat file and also in a desktop shortcut icon, if you so choose. 

  7. To launch MVE double-click the runmve.bat (console messages shown) or startmve.bat file (console messages minimized) or the new desktop shortcut icon, if generated. The MainView Explorer logon screen appears and prompts you to log on. To start your MainView Explorer session, see Logging-on-to-MainView-Explorer.

Tips

  • You can download the stand-alone package to a shared network drive, perform steps 1-6 of the above procedure, and have your users launch MainView Explorer from that location. Launch options include:
    • Providing users with a path to the shared BAT file that they can enter in a command prompt. For example,
      z:\mveimage\runmve.
    • Providing users with their own BAT file containing a simple path (see the previous bullet) or a path with parameters that they can tailor to fit their needs. For example,
      z:\mveimage\bin\javaw -Xmx1024m -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1 -m com.bmc.mve   sysa 3940.
  • In the future, you can continue to launch MainView Explorer from the BAT file in the mveimage folder or you can create a desktop shortcut to the file instead. For information on how to create a desktop shortcut with parameters that you can modify on the fly, see the createShortcut.txt file in the mveimage folder.

To launch MainView Explorer using Java Web Start

  1. Open any browser and enter the URL: http://host:port/mve.
    • For host, use the IP address or name of the system on which the Host Server is running.
    • For port, use the value specified for the PORT parameter in the Host Server startup procedure. For more information, see Creating-the-Host-Server-startup-procedure.
  2. Press Enter.
    A web page appears with two launch buttons: one for MainView Explorer and one for MainView Explorer Viewer.
  3. Click the launch button for MainView Explorer.
    A new window opens and prompts you to log on. To start your MainView Explorer session, see Logging-on-to-MainView-Explorer.

Tip

After you launch MainView Explorer using Java Web Start, a shortcut appears on your desktop that you can use to launch MainView Explorer in the future.

Running MainView Explorer with IBM AT-TLS

You can run MainView Explorer in secure mode (https) using IBM Application Transparent Transport Layer Security (AT-TLS). You define the security parameters for AT-TLS in the Host Server startup procedure. For more information, see Creating-the-Host-Server-startup-procedure.  The ATTLS=Y parameter value is used when the user is authorized to access the Host Server. 

However, while running the MainView Explorer with ATTLS=D or ATTLS=R parameter values that allows a client certificate to be used, the client certificate needs to be registered into the z/OS security manager (for example, IBM RACF, CA ACF2, or CA TSS). 

For more information about the certificate registration, contact your z/OS security administrators.

The following Policy Agent AT-TLS configuration sample shows the required client certification:

TTLSEnvironmentAction eAct1~MVE_ClientAuth
{
TTLSEnvironmentAdvancedParms
{
ClientAuthType PassThru #Client certificate is requested
ApplicationControlled Off
}
HandshakeRole ServerWithClientAuth #Application verifies the certificate
TTLSKeyringParmsRef keyMVE01
}

Related topics

Logging-on-to-MainView-Explorer

Setting-a-context-in-MainView-Explorer

Starting-a-MainView-Explorer-session

 

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