Configuring the Host On Demand Telnet client

To setup and configure the Host On Demand client, follow these steps:

  1. For each application to which the user will log on, create a macro to record the logon screen of the application.

    The user plays this macro when displaying the logon screen on the workstation.

  2. Enter the application ID in the application ID popup window.

    The application ID must be the same name specified on the z/OS® for the application ID portion of the PTKTDATA profile. The ID in the profile in most cases must be the same as the application name.

  3. Use the Host On Demand key-management utility to:
    1. Create a key database (key ring).
    2. Create a certificate request or generate a self-signed certificate and associate the certificate with the key ring.
    3. Use FTP to transmit the middle-tier Telnet certificate to the workstation and store the server certificate in the key database of the client.
    4. Use FTP to transmit the Host On Demand Telnet client certificate to the middle-tier server and store in the SSL key database of the server.
  4. Use FTP to transmit the workstation certificate to an MVS™ data set on the z/OS host. Use the RACF® Certificate Services RACDCERT command to associate the certificate with a valid user ID.