DirectConnect Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) systems management tool for administering DirectConnect for z/OS Option. It allows you to:
Manage DirectConnect servers on multiple platforms
Change configuration properties of DirectConnect servers, service libraries, and access services
Create and copy services
Create new servers using DCDirector
Start and stop existing servers using DCDirector
Start, stop, and delete services
Test the availability of a data source by creating a connection to it
Retrieve a DirectConnect server log file or a subset of the log, and view log file messages with a text editor
Update DirectConnect server connection information
View the status of a service and data source on the desktop