How to add MVE link to z/OSMF? 4/17/2019
Prerequisites z/OSMF installed. Have admin privileges to change/update the z/OSMF configuration. Have CMF/MV z/OS PAS, CAS and MVE address space up and running. 4/17/2019
Where do we need add the link? The logical place to add the MVE link is where RMF’s Resource Monitoring link is. The RMF link is under “Performance” category. The MVE link should go under this category. 4/17/2019
How to add the MVE link? There are two ways to add: 1) The hard way: It involves manually changing the parameters configuration file in USS and running a script to update the z/OSMF. 2) The easy way: It involves using the z/OSMF web interface to add and/or modify the links. I choose this method as it is convenient and interactive. 4/17/2019
How to add the MVE link? On the z/OSMF home page you will find a category “z/OSMF Administration”. Click on the z/OSMF Administration category to open the associated functions. Click on the “Links” under this category to open a new z/OSMF “tab” to customize the link parameters. 4/17/2019
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Selecting “new” under the “Actions” will open a form for creating a new link . 4/17/2019
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Field descriptions Name: It is the external name that appears under the z/OSMF “categories”. It needs to be unique. SAF Resource Name Suffix: It is used internally by z/OS security system to authorize access to the resources. URL: This is where our MVE link goes. We need to customize according to our installation and customer needs what our “home” would be. 4/17/2019
Field descriptions continued…… Category: Choose “Performance”. Note: As of today, a new Category cannot be created. Open link in: This is up to the user as how they would like an external link like MVE needs to be opened. Either a tab within z/OSMF or a new browser window/tab. Authorization: It’s up to the customer to authorize the user types. 4/17/2019
Customizing MVE link MVE is a already very popular among our customers as web interface to MainView for z/OS and CMF Online views. The customization of MVE link depends on the installation. Here is a sample link to understand various MVE link parameters: http://sjsd.bmc.com:5004/default.ehtm?link='transfer * mvmvs sysover'&autologon=y Hostname: Name of the host of the MVE host server. Port number: Port number of the MVE host server. Transfer command is used to connect a specified context. The context needs to be “*” (current) always. If it is a CMF Monitor only customer, then the “product” needs to be CMF. Otherwise, it is MVMVS. The initial view/menu can be set as required. Autologon allows the MVE logon credentials to be saved between sessions. Note: Its is preferred, but not necessary, to have MVE running on the same system as the z/OSMF. MVE is not just limited to CMF Online and MainView for z/OS. So, any product and view that can be accessed through MVE can be now accessed through MVE link in z/OSMF. 4/17/2019
MVE as a new browser tab In the MVE link, let us set the product to mvmvs, and initial view to sysover. Select open a “New browser tab or window”. Fill in all the required fields for the new link. Click OK to create a new link. 4/17/2019
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A new link is created under Performance category. 4/17/2019
Clicking this link opens a MVE session in the new browser tab. 4/17/2019
MVE as a new z/OSMF tab In the MVE link, let us set the product to cmf, and initial view to jcpu. Select open a “New z/OSMF tab” . Fill in all the required fields for the new link. Click OK to create a new link. 4/17/2019
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The new link is added under Performance category. 4/17/2019
Clicking the new link opens a new z/OSMF tab with MVE session. 4/17/2019
References Here is the IBM documentation that explains what we need to do the “Hard way” http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13.izua300%2FIZUHPINFO_AddingMoreLinks.htm IBM documentation for creating links using z/OSMF http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zosmf/vxrx/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zosmf.configguide.help.doc%2FIZUHPINFO_AddingLinks.html 4/17/2019