I'll cut/paste the text of the relevant slides. My apologies if the formatting
stinks
Remote Browser Support
Remote Browser HMC 2.13.0 HMC 2.12.1 HMC 2.12.0
IE (Internet
Explorer)
Version 10 & 11 Version 8, 9, & 10 Version 8 & 9
Firefox Version 24.8 & 33 Version 17.5 & 21 Version 10
Google Chrome Version 38 Version 26 Version 20
● Remote Browser Workstation with JAVA 7.x or 8.x to HMC 2.13.0
Remote Browser Support (cont.)
Using Java 8.x on remote workstation
►If connecting to HMC 2.13.0,
● Remote Browser connection will work
– no customization required
►If connection to HMC 2.12.1/earlier,
● Create Custom Java Policy on workstation
– See next chart
Remote Browser Support (cont.)
Customization for Java 8.x on remote workstation to HMC 2.12.1
1) Create a custom java policy file in the users home directory
● Windows: Save as C:\Users\<username>\.java.policy
● Linux: Save as /home/<username>/.java.policy
● Replace <address> with the IP address or hostname of each HMC
● Contents
– grant codeBase "https://<address>/-" {
– permission java.awt.AWTPermission "accessClipboard";
– permission java.net.SocketPermission "<address>:9960", "connect,resolve";
– };
2) Add the following line to the Java deployment preferences file
● deployment.security.use.user.home.java.policy=true
● Windows:
● C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties
● Linux: /home/<username>/.java/deployment/deployment.properties
3) Close/restart the browser
► Note: “accessClipboard” line for “Copy” on Operating System Messages
● Regardless of Java level on workstation
_________________________________________________________________
Dave Jousma
Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Engineering
[email protected]
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Dana Mitchell
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 12:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: (External):HMC and JAVA and Browser ...again/still
Thanks Dave for the link. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work for me. I
think I have to investigate getting our HMCs updated to 2.13.
Dana
On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:01:28 +0000, Jousma, David <[email protected]> wrote:
Here is an alternate link to the same document:
http://people.redhat.com/fmiranda/systemz/SHARE.ORG/Seattle%202015/Seattle%20SHARE%20Session%2016705%20-%20HMC%202_13_0.pdf
Start at page 37
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