Central administration of connection and configuration settings

Workbench for Eclipse's central administration functionality allows users to easily synchronize host connection settings; Abend-AID, Fault Analytics, iStrobe, and other configuration settings; and p2 repo update sites with BMC AMI Common Enterprise Services (CES). This allows Workbench for Eclipse to monitor these settings, which are stored in CES, and notify the user when changes have occurred so the user can synchronize to the CES settings.

To enable synchronization notifications

  1. Start Workbench for Eclipse. The Common Enterprise Services Synchronization dialog box appears asking whether to synchronize host connection settings and other configuration settings with CES now. This message does not appear if a CES URL was not entered during Workbench for Eclipse installation or on the Enterprise Services preferences page after installation, or if the user previously clicked Never on the Common Enterprise Services Synchronization dialog box.

    Important

    If the 

    CES

     server has been set up to require credentials for authentication, the Compuware Enterprise Services Login dialog box appears when 

    Workbench for Eclipse

     is first started. However, this dialog box will not appear if the user previously opted to save credentials or is already logged in for the current 

    Workbench for Eclipse

     session. After logging in, the Compuware Enterprise Services Synchronization dialog box appears as described above.

  2. Click Now to synchronize the host connection settings and other configuration settings now and to display a notification the next time Workbench for Eclipse is launched and there are updated settings to be synchronized. The Synchronize Remote HCI Connections dialog box appears.

    Important

    Click Remind Me Later to not synchronize now but to display a notification the next time 

    Workbench for Eclipse

     is launched and there are updated settings to be synchronized.


    Important

    Click Never to not be notified of connection or configuration changes when 

    Workbench for Eclipse

     is launched. To later change this choice, from the Window menu, select BMC> Common Enterprise Services, then select or clear the Disable synchronization notification messages check box as needed.

  3. Select the remote HCI connections to be synchronized with CES. The following icons indicate the connection changes that have occurred since the last synchronization:

      • indicates a connection that has been added in CES and will be available after synchronization.
      • delete.jpg indicates a connection that has been deleted from CES and will no longer be available after synchronization.

      • change.jpg indicates a connection that has been changed in CES and will be updated after synchronization.

        Important

        There are no selections for the user to make regarding configuration settings, only for host connection settings. All changes to configuration settings are included when synchronization happens.


        Important

        Selecting a group check box indicates a desire to keep in sync with any new connections that are later added to the selected connection group.

  4. Click Finish. All configuration settings—such as for Abend-AID, Fault Analytics, iStrobe—as well as any selected host connection settings are synchronized. The results of the host connection synchronization, such as the number of connections added, appears in the Synchronization Complete message box. The host connections appear on the Host Connections preference page and in the Host Explorer tree. Whenever Workbench for Eclipse is launched and updated host connections or configuration settings are available, a notification box appears and contains a link to the Synchronize Remote HCI Connections dialog box.

To manually synchronize host connection settings and configuration settings

  1. From the Window menu, select Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears.
  2. Select BMC > Common Enterprise Services.

  3. Click Sync. The Synchronize Remote HCI Connections dialog box appears.

    Important

    If the 

    CES

     server has been set up to require user ID and password for authentication, the Compuware Enterprise Services Login dialog box appears when Sync is clicked. However, this dialog box will not appear if the user previously opted to save credentials or is already logged in for the current 

    Workbench for Eclipse

     session. After logging in, the Common Enterprise Services Synchronization dialog box appears as described above. After logging in, the Synchronize Remote HCI Connections dialog box appears as described above.

  4. Complete the dialog box as described above.


 

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