First steps

How to get started with using an Eclipse plug-in is summarized below; for detailed usage instructions, refer to the online help (see Online help and how to access it).

Setting up a connection to IBM Session Manager

  1. From the Menu bar, left-click Window, and then select Preferences from the drop-down list.
  2. In the left-hand pane of the Preferences page, if IBM Session Manager Manager Connections is not selected then select it.
  3. From the IBM Session Manager Manager Connections page, to create a new connection to IBM Session Manager, left-click the New button.
  4. The Connection Details dialog will appear. Specify the connection details, and then left-click the OK button to close this dialog.

Note: For IBM Session Manager release 3.2.00 and higher, all Client login requests will be directed to the OLA node, so it is recommended that you specify the connection details for that node. These details must match the Eclipse details within the IBM Session Manager configuration. For details on the IBM Session Manager Eclipse configuration, please refer to the User and Administrator manual.

  1. To apply your changes and exit the Preferences panel, left-click the OK button that appears towards the bottom right-hand corner of the IBM Session Manager Manager Connections page.

Logging in to a particular IBM Session Manager connection

The IBM Session Manager Login dialog is opened automatically when you select a particular connection to IBM Session Manager in Nodes view and you have not yet logged in to that connection.

Notes:

  1. You must login using the IBM Session Manager Login dialog even if SIGNON NO is specified on the SYSTEM statement within the IBM Session Manager configuration.
  2. If your authority is lower than the level specified for the ISZECLP command then you will not be able to login and you will receive message TII4297E. In addition, you must have sufficient authority to issue the QUERY command; if not, message TII4297E will appear in the Login dialog.
  3. For IBM Session Manager release 3.2.00 and higher, all Client login requests are directed to the OLA node.
  4. If you login to IBM Session Manager through an Eclipse plug-in then you will automatically be set as a Shared user, therefore allowing you to be logged in at the same time to the Eclipse plug-in and (directly) to IBM Session Manager.

Loading the details for a Sysplex Group or an active node

From Nodes view, complete these steps:

  1. If you have not yet logged in to the required connection to IBM Session Manager then select that connection and login now (see above).

Note: For IBM Session Manager release 3.2.00 and higher, all Client logon requests are directed to the OLA node.

  1. A '+' (plus) sign immediately to the left of the 'connection' icon for the required connection denotes a Sysplex Group. To expand such a connection, and view its nodes, left-click the '+' sign.

Note: A special icon containing a diagonal red line is used to denote a node that is either not active or unknown.

  1. Select the required Sysplex Group or active node and the Eclipse plug-in will load the relevant data.

Accessing IBM Session Manager facilities

When the data for the required Sysplex Group or active node has been loaded, the facilities which you are permitted to use are determined by the security code which has been allocated to the facility, and the privilege (or authorization) level which has been assigned to you.

Online help and how to access it

Powerful, task-oriented online help is included in the Eclipse plug-ins. You can browse, search, and print documentation with context-sensitive help and text search capability. The help can be displayed in a Help view in the workbench, in a separate Help Contents window, or in an external browser window.

To access context-sensitive help, you can either:

or

To display the help contents:

You can then access the online help supplied with a particular Eclipse plug-in. For example, for the IBM Session Manager Operations Plug-in, open the IBM Session Manager Operations Plug-in documentation in the Contents.