Customizing File Manager
- Preparing to customize File Manager
- Customizing the operating environment for File Manager
  - Enable/Register File Manager
  - Modifying the ISPF environment
    To make it easy to start File Manager under ISPF, configure your ISPF environment as described in the following sections.
  - Enabling File Manager to work with certain products
    - Enabling WebSphere® MQ support
      To access WebSphere® MQ queue managers and queue contents on the local z/OS® system where File Manager is running, the WebSphere MQ libraries must be made available to File Manager and users must be granted read and update access.
    - Customizing for processing COBOL copybooks
      To use the view, edit, copy, print, or data create functions with a COBOL copybook, you need to make a COBOL compiler available to File Manager.
    - Customizing for processing PL/I include books
    - Customizing for processing HLASM copybooks
    - Customizing to use DFSORT to improve File Manager performance
      File Manager can use DFSORT to improve the performance of the Data Set Copy and Data Set Print functions under ISPF and in batch.
      - Customizing when DFSORT is the primary sort product
      - Customizing when DFSORT is not the primary sort product
      - Determining if DFSORT is being used
        Use the SHOWSORT command to check if File Manager is using DFSORT.
      - Summary
    - Binding Db2® to use File Manager object access method (OAM) functions
  - Disabling Websphere MQ feature by system name
  - Running File Manager with APF-authorization
  - Language Environment® considerations
- Customizing File Manager
- Customizing the File Manager security environment
  File Manager provides security for system-oriented functions through RACF® (or an equivalent security product).
- Customizing File Manager to write audit records to SMF
- Customizing the File Manager audit facility for 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.
- 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.

Customizing to use DFSORT to improve File Manager performance

File Manager can use DFSORT to improve the performance of the Data Set Copy and Data Set Print functions under ISPF and in batch.

If DFSORT is enabled, its COPY function will be used to copy data to Auxiliary Storage (VSAM RRDS) when editing large data sets under ISPF. File Manager accesses DFSORT using the aliases ICEDFSRT and ICEDFSRB.

File Manager will use DFSORT provided it can find DFSORT and verify that it is at the correct maintenance level for File Manager use. DFSORT is an optional, priced feature of z/OS®; you must have a DFSORT license to use DFSORT outside File Manager. However, the DFSORT code is always shipped with z/OS®; as long as you did not delete the DFSORT libraries when you installed z/OS®, you can enable File Manager to use the DFSORT code.

The following topics describe how you can customize File Manager to use DFSORT or a sort product from an independent software vendor.