Creating an AD component

Learn how to create a component from an IBM® Application Discovery project.

Before you create components from IBM Application Discovery projects, you must ensure that:
  • DASDVOL READ access is granted. If the DASDVOL READ access is not granted, the access in SAF class DATA SET to individual data sets and catalogs is checked. Retrieval of a data set requires READ access to that data set. If the master catalog must be retrieved, the ALTER access is needed.
  • You are aware of all known limitations for creating components from IBM Application Discovery projects. For more information, see Limitations.
  • The connection is set up and tested through the Integrations page. For more information, see Configuring AD integrations.
To create components from IBM Application Discovery projects, complete the following steps:
  1. Click Create components on the home page. Or, click the Components tab on the header, and click Create component.
  2. Click the drop-down menu of the Component type, and select AD project.
  3. Select an IBM AD project that is configured in the AD environment integrations.
  4. Enter a unique name that can be used to recognize the AD component.
  5. Optional: Enable the Adjust advanced settings option, and enter an integer in the box of Concurrent extractions to define the number of artifacts that you want to extract simultaneously.
    Note: Concurrent extractions can extract multiple artifacts in parallel, and improve the efficiency of creating components with multiple artifacts. However, if the number is too large, the system might be overloaded, and the overall process might be slow.
  6. Optional: Enter some notes that can help you identify the component.
  7. Select the data sets you need to transfer from your IBM Z® machine to the target ZD&T machine. Alternatively, you can search the terms that you want.
    Note: Currently, ZD&T Enterprise Edition only supports data sets whose host names are entered. The data sets from IBM Application Discovery whose host name is not entered cannot be selected, an error message might occur when you provision instances from created images.
  8. Click Show number items selected to verify the data sets that are selected to create the component.
  9. Click Create component directly. Or, click Schedule extraction to specify the date and time that you want to create the component.

When you create components from IBM Application Discovery projects, if errors occur, see Troubleshooting the components creation from IBM Application Discovery projects for reference.