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Quick start

1. Open the view

Click the IBM i & z/OS icon in the activity bar. You see two sections: z/OS and IBM i.

2. Add a connection

  1. Click + in the IBM i section title.

  2. Answer the prompts:

    Prompt Example
    Connection name PROD400
    Host name or IP myibmi.company.com
    Port 22
    User profile GGUPTA
    How do you sign in? Password

  3. The connection is tested straight away. Type your password when asked.

  1. Click + in the z/OS section title.

  2. Answer the prompts:

    Prompt Example
    Connection name SYSA
    Host name or IP mvs.company.com
    Port 443 (or 10443, ask your system programmer)
    User profile IBMUSER
    Protocol HTTPS
    TLS certificate Verify certificate, or Accept self-signed certificate for internal certificates

  3. The connection is tested straight away. Type your password when asked.

A message such as "Connected to IBM i 7.5 …" or "Connected to z/OS 03.01.00 (z/OSMF …)" confirms it works.

3. Explore

Expand the connection:

z/OS IBM i
Data Sets: one filter (YOURID.*) is added for you Libraries: your own library is added for you
Unix Files (USS): /u/yourid IFS: /home/YOURID
Jobs: your own jobs Library List: libraries for CL and compiles
My Spooled Files, My Active Jobs and Message Queues

Click any member or file to open it. Edit it, then press Ctrl+S to save it on the host.

4. Try the main actions

  • z/OS: open a JCL member and press Ctrl+Alt+S to submit it. Choose Wait & Show Output to see the spool when the job ends.
  • IBM i: open an RPGLE member and press Ctrl+E to compile it. Any errors appear in the Problems panel.
  • IBM i SQL: right-click the connection → Run SQL and type select * from qsys2.library_list_info.
  • z/OS JCL from a template: right-click a COBOL member → Generate JCL from Template… (see the developer workflow).
  • Search: right-click a PDS, source file or library → Search Text….

5. Next steps

You are… Read
A z/OS developer z/OS developer workflow
An IBM i developer Library list and Compile
A z/OS system programmer z/OSMF setup
Setting up a team Export and import connections

Where do I see what happened?

View → Output → choose IBM i & z/OS in the dropdown. Every request sent to the host is listed there, without passwords.