Start the Application

After you open the CA File Master for DB2 for z/OS perspective, click the blue circle and arrow icon in the Data Source Explorer view to log in to the application to access DB2 data. You need a valid CA License Management Program (LMP) key to log in.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the blue circle and arrow Login icon from the top right of the Data Source Explorer toolbar.
   A Login dialog appears.

2. Complete the following fields:

   • User ID
     Specifies the login user identifier.

   • Password
     Specifies the login password.

   • Host
     Specifies the TCP/IP host name of the subsystem (LPAR).

   • Port
     Specifies the TCP/IP connection port number of the server.

   • Preferences
     Specifies the DB2 connection preferences to be used for every login.

3. Click Login.

You are logged in to CA File Master for DB2 for z/OS. The host and all the active subsystems appear in a hierarchical fashion in the Data Source Explorer pane.

To log out from CA File Master for DB2 for z/OS, click the logout icon from the Data Source Explorer.