Home
Customizing File Manager
Customizing File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
Installing File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
The Service Provider feature is extracted to UNIX® System Services, then installed into z/OS® Connect and configured in ADFzCC server.

Customizing File Manager
- Preparing to customize File Manager
- Customizing the operating environment for File Manager
- Customizing File Manager
- Customizing the File Manager security environment
  File Manager provides security for system-oriented functions through ®either RACF (or an equivalent security product) or the FMNSECUR exit.
- Customizing File Manager to write audit records to SMF
- Customizing the File Manager audit facility for the File Manager Base component
- Customizing File Manager for national languages
  You can customize File Manager for national languages other than English.
- Customizing File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
  File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
  - Installing File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
    The Service Provider feature is extracted to UNIX® System Services, then installed into z/OS® Connect and configured in ADFzCC server.
    - Installing File Manager Service Provider on z/OS®
      The Service Provider feature is extracted to UNIX System Services, then installed into z/OS Connect within WLP, and then configured in ADFzCC server.
    - Installing the service archive files
    - Installing the Build Toolkit plug-in
      This topic explains how to install the Build Toolkit plug-in for use with the zconbt command.
    - TLS for the Build Toolkit plug-in
      During SAR creation, the Build Toolkit plug-in needs to connect to an instance of the ADFzCC server.
  - Maintaining File Manager Service Provider
    If service is applied, some maintenance steps are necessary.
  - Uninstalling File Manager Service Provider
    Uninstall the Service Provider from z/OS® Connect using the installUtility command.
- Customizing File Manager to use library management system libraries
- Customizing File Manager to use the Optim™ Data Privacy Provider API
- Customizing File Manager to use an I/O exit
- Customizing File Manager to use a scrambling exit
- Verifying the customization of File Manager
  After you have completed the initial installation and customization of File Manager Base function, you can perform the following steps to verify your customization.

Installing File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect

The Service Provider feature is extracted to UNIX® System Services, then installed into z/OS® Connect and configured in ADFzCC server.

The File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect feature is shipped as a binary archive in the SFMNSAM1 data set as member FMNZCEE.

Generic or specific mapping of data sources

z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition provides tools to create APIs that use the File Manager Service Provider. During API creation, a service archive (SAR file) is associated with the API which identifies the target service provider.

File Manager service archives (fm*.sar) and the File Manager z/OS Connect Build Toolkit plug-in (com.hcl.zosconnect.buildtoolkit.filemanager.jar) are provided for this purpose.

fmService.sar, fmIMSService.sar, and fmDB2Service.sar are ready-to-use SAR files that can be associated with z/OS® Connect APIs during API creation. They provide a generic mapping of file data to a prescribed response format, that is, one format for all data sources. When using generic mappings, you do not need to create SAR files.

Alternatively, customers who require a response mapping specific to a data resource can create their own SAR files. To create and manage your own SAR files you must install the File Manager z/OS Connect Build Toolkit plug-in.

To understand if you will use the specific or generic response mapping methods, and therefore whether you need to install the Build Toolkit plug-in or the provided SAR files or both, refer to Methods for accessing IBM Z data sources in the File Manager User’s Guide and Reference.