Customizing your connection

 

You can use several methods to customize connections to iSeries™ Navigator for Wireless. You can control whether users can run commands and use monitors, and can specify how long tasks display information.

Limit user access to Management Central by manually removing functions from iSeries Navigator for Wireless and by configuring Application Administration, and customize how long summary information stays on your display before it is cleared.

 

Limiting user access

You can limit a user's ability to work with Management Central from a wireless device. Follow these steps to enable users to view monitors and system status but not take any action from iSeries Navigator for Wireless.

The following functions can be removed:

• Running commands on the System i™ platform and Integrated xSeries^® Servers

• Starting or shutting down Integrated xSeries Servers

• Performing any action on a job (hold, release, end)

• Performing any action on a message (reply, delete)

• Starting, stopping, or restarting any monitor

To limit access, create the following options file:

1. In the integrated file system, create a file in the following directory:

   Directory: QIBM/UserData/OS400/MGTC/Pervasive/
   

   File: QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT

2. Enter one of the following text strings into your file:

   • readonly=yes

     If you specify readonly=yes in QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT, users cannot perform any actions.

   • readonly=noIf you specify readonly=no in QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT, all users can perform the following actions:

     • Running commands on the System i platform and Integrated xSeries Servers

     • Starting or shutting down Integrated xSeries Servers

     • Performing any action on a job (hold, release, end)

     • Performing any action on a message (reply, delete)

     • Starting, stopping, or restarting any monitor

You can also create a user options file named QYPV xxxxxx.OPT, where xxxxxx is the user ID. This user file overrides QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT, which allows you to grant all users readonly=yes authority by default while granting specific users all access.

 

Setting task details retrieval length

Detailed information about tasks is available in the summary window. These details are set to expire in 24 hours. Tasks can still run, but no new data about a task is retrieved from the central system and displayed on your wireless device before that time.

To change the expiration time, edit the following option file:

Directory: QIBM/UserData/OS400/MGTC/Pervasive/

File: QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT

Add the following new entry to the option file (where nnnn, any whole number between 1-9999, is the number of hours):

HOURS_OLD= nnnn

This is not case-sensitive and can be either on a separate line or separated by a space from the READONLY entry.

For example, your newly edited file might read:

READONLY=no

HOURS_OLD=48

This gives you full access and shows tasks that have run in the last 48 hours.

 

Showing shared monitors

In the user options file, the SHARE_MON property specifies whether shared monitors display on the wireless device.

• SHARE_MON=yes

  If you specify yes for this value, shared monitors appear on the display.

• SHARE_MON=no

  If you specify no for this value, shared monitors do not appear on the display. This is the default value.

 

Configuring Application Administration

You can use Application Administration to control user access to limit or grant access to monitors and commands in Management Central. Make sure that the functions selected in Application Administration are configured to match your preferences for connecting to Management Central with a wireless device.

Examples:

• If users are not authorized to Management Central but have valid user IDs on the system, when they try to connect to Management Central with a wireless device, an authorization error message is displayed.

• If users are authorized to Management Central but do not have Application Administration authority to access monitors, no monitor information is displayed on the wireless device.

• If users are not authorized to commands in Management Central, they cannot run a command definition nor run a command on an Integrated xSeries Server.

 

Parent topic:

Setting up iSeries Navigator for Wireless

 

Related concepts

Connecting to your central system
Running commands across multiple systems

 

Related information

Managing Application Administration