This edition applies to IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 7.6 (program number 5724-T07) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
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The most current listing of prerequisites and corequisites is available in the Developer for System z Prerequisites Guide (SC23-7659). This document is available on the IBM Rational Developer for System z Web site library page (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdz/library/) and supersedes the requirements listed in this document.
One of the following levels must be installed:
| Program Number | Product Name |
|---|---|
| 5765-G62 | AIX® 6.1 Standard Edition |
| 5765-G03 | AIX 5L™ version 5.3 |
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To use Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) on AIX, one of the following levels must be installed:
| Program Number | Product Name |
|---|---|
| 6207-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for AIX, Java™ 2 Technology Edition, Version 6 |
| 6205-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for AIX, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 5 |
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One of the following levels must be installed:
| Product Name |
|---|
| Red Hat Linux® Enterprise 5 |
| Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 |
To use Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) on Intel® Linux, one of the following levels must be installed:
| Program Number | Product Name |
|---|---|
| 6207-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6 |
| 6205-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 5 |
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The supported functions on UNIX® using IBM Rational Developer for System z are the following:
There is currently no z/OS® Project for UNIX.
RSE Server is a version of RSE that allows access to the file system and command shells on a UNIX system using Developer for System z.
The RSE Server install is simple and uses Installation Manager.
The following steps guide you through the RSE Server installation:
tar -xvf rdzrse76.tar
setenv DISPLAY littlebox:0
Start X Windows on the system installing the Developer for System z RSE Client. In a command-line window on littlebox allow X Windows to accept a display stream from RDzAIXServer by using the following command.
xhost +RDzAIXServer
After installing the VNC server on the AIX system and the VNC Client on the client system do the following steps:
install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <installedpath>rdzrseinstall.xml
To uninstall the Developer for System z RSE Server start the IBM Installation Manager launcher in the /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse directory, click the uninstall button and follow the instructions on the panels. For a silent uninstall go to the /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse directory and run install --launcher.ini
silent-install.ini -input <installedpath>rdzrseuninstall.xml
where installed path is the directory where Developer for System z RSE Server is installed. The default installation directory is /opt/IBM/RDz76.
To update the Developer for System z RSE Server, start the IBM Installation Manager launcher in the /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse directory. Point to the location that contains the update by clicking File->Preferences and clicking the Add Repository button. After adding the repository, click the Update link on the main IBM Installation Manager screen and follow the instructions on the panels.
After the RSE server has been installed, only the root user can log in to the system using RSE. To allow other users to access the UNIX system using RSE, the UNIX system administrator must open permissions for those users using the chmod command. Read and execute permission is required on the directory path to the RSE installation as well as the files in the RSE directory.
Assuming that the RSE server is the only product installed in the default directory /opt/IBM/RDz76, executing the following command allows the owning user, root, and any user in the root group, to connect to the RSE server:
chmod -R ug+xr /opt/IBM/RDz76
Using chmod -R ug+xr /opt/IBM/RDz76 gives every user on the system permission to use RSE.
In the default installation directory /opt/IBM/RDz76, use one of the following commands to start the RSE server:
When the RSE server is successfully started on a system with a host name of RDzAIXServer, the screen looks like the following example:
# perl ./daemon.pl 4076 Daemon running on: RDzAIXServer.ibm.com, port: 4076
SSL can be used to secure communication between Developer for System z and the UNIX system by creating a Java keystore file and setting the RSE ssl.properties file to point to this JKS file. When the RSE server starts, the properties file is read and the connection with Developer for System z is secured with SSL.
Since RSE uses the ssl.properties file to enable SSL, the system administrator can secure communication, or not, with the installation. They cannot have both secured and non-secured from the same RSE directory. If secured and non-secured ports are needed, copy the installation directory to a new directory.
cp -r /opt/IBM/RDz76 /opt/IBM/RDz76SSL
This command copies all files from the default install directory to the new directory. In the new directory, modify the ssl.properties file to reference the Java keystore file. Now the RSE server can be started on a different port, 4077, with SSL securing the communications.
perl ./daemon.pl 4077
With a Java keystore file named RDZRSE.jks, created in the /opt/IBM/RDz76SSL directory and using the password RDzisGreat, edit the ssl.properties file and change the following stanzas:
# daemon_keystore_file=/opt/IBM/RDz750SSL/RDZRSE.jks daemon_keystore_password=RDzisGreat #
To enable SSL authentication change the two stanzas enable_ssl and disable_server_ssl in the ssl.properties file to:
enable_ssl=true disable_server_ssl=false
When the RSE server is successfully started, using SSL, on a system with a host name of RDzAIXServer, the screen looks like the following example:
# perl ./daemon.pl 4077 SSL Settings [daemon keystore: /opt/IBM/RDz76SSL/aixrse.jks] [daemon keystore pw: RDzisGreat] [server keystore: /opt/IBM/RDz76SSL/aixrse.jks] [server keystore pw: RDzisGreat] Daemon running on: RDzAIXServer.rtp.raleigh.ibm.com, port: 4077
To start the RSE daemons every time the UNIX system boots, the /etc/inittab file must be updated. The chitab, mkitab, and rmitab commands are used to update the /etc/inittab file.
#!/bin/ksh cd /opt/IBM/RDz76 perl /opt/IBM/RDz76/daemon.pl 4076 2> /tmp/RDzRSE4076.log &
This file starts the non-SSL server.
chmod u+wrx /opt/IBM/RDz76/RDzRSE4076.sh
#!/bin/ksh cd /opt/IBM/RDz76SSL perl /opt/IBM/RDz76SSL/daemon.pl 4077 2> /tmp/RDzRSESSL4077.log &
This file starts the server to handle SSL secured connections on port 4077.
chmod u+wrx /opt/IBM/RDz76SSL/RDzRSESSL4077.sh
Update the file /etc/inittab to start the two servers at boot time. From a UNIX session, run the following two mkitab commands:
mkitab "RDzRSE76:2:once:/opt/IBM/RDz76/RDzRSE4076.sh" mkitab "RDzRSE76SSL:2:once:/opt/IBM/RDz76SSL/RDzRSESSL4077.sh"
To check if the mkitab commands worked, type in lsitab -a. This command shows you a listing of the /etc/inittab file with the results of the last two mkitab commands.
To remove a line from /etc/inittab use the rmitab Name command. rmitab RDzRSE76 removes the entry from the first mkitab command.
irmtdbgc -qhost=RDzSystem -quiport=8000 yourApp
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