Accessing iCap (MainView Explorer)

To access iCap through MainView Explorer

1. Launch MainView Explorer.If this is the first time that you are launching MainView Explorer by using the Java Web Start, complete the following steps. (If you previously launched the web console proceed to Step 2.)

   1. In a web browser, enter the URL http://host:port/mveFor the host variable, use the IP address or name of the system on which the MainView Explorer host server is executing. For port, use the value that was specified for the PORT parameter in the host server procedure. (The distributed procedure name is BBMXPJCL; however, it might have been renamed during installation at your site.)

      Informationhttp://sysa:3940/mve
      

   2. On the displayed web page, select one of the following launch buttons:

      • MV Explorer
      • MVE Viewer

      After launching either application, a launch icon is placed on your desktop.

2. In the Logon dialog box, type your TSO user ID and the corresponding password in the User ID and Password boxes.

3.  If the Allocate user datasets for personal use check box is available, indicate whether to allocate user data sets to contain your customized views and configurations (instead of saving them to the site-wide data sets):

   Warning

   Note

   If you do not see this box, your site administrator disabled allocation of user data sets; you can skip to Step 5.

   • If you do not want to allocate user data sets, clear the Allocate user datasets for personal use box and all boxes below it.
   • If you want to allocate user data sets, select the Allocate user datasets for personal use check box.
4. If you selected Allocate user datasets for personal use in Step 3, provide the following information:

   1. In the Template for user datasets box, specify the template for your data set names.The template can consist of your TSO prefix (%UPREFIX), your user ID (%USERID), and the data set name (%BBDEF). You can arrange them in any order. Only %BBDEF is required, and it resolves to BBVDEF or BBCDEF (BBVDEF for customized views, and BBCDEF for customized configurations). If you do not specify %BBDEF in your template, BBVDEF or BBCDEF is added to the data set name as the low-level qualifier.

      Warning

      Note

      If your site administrator specified a template in the MainView Explorer host server startup procedure, the Template for user datasets box and the Insert token boxes are grayed out. If you choose to allocate user data sets, they will be named according to the site-defined template.

      Information

      The following examples show valid templates and the user data sets that are allocated if the user ID is MYID01:

      • %USERID.TEST.%BBDEF (or %USERID.TEST ) allocates MYID01.TEST.BBVDEF (and BBCDEF).
      • PROD.U%BBDEF.%USERID allocates PROD.UBBVDEF.MYID01 (and UBBCDEF).
      • %USERID.&SYSNAME..%BBDEF allocates MYID01.SYSC.BBVDEF (on SYSC).

      Including the system variable&SYSNAME., as shown in the last example, enables you to use the same data set template on different system images.

      
      

   2. To insert the %USERID token in the template, select the Insert token for User ID box.
   3. To insert the %UPREFIX token in the template, select the Insert token for User prefix box.
   4. If the Insert token for User prefix box is checked (either by you or because of the site-wide template), type your TSO user prefix in the User prefix field.
5. Click OK.MainView Explorer opens in a separate window. The window that contains the splash screen must remain open during the MainView Explorer session.