Installing Operational Decision Manager

Use the System Modification Program/Extended (SMP/E) tool for z/OS® to install Decision Runtime for z/OS.

The physical shipment of the product includes a PDF of the program directory, which contains additional information about installing the software.

The following list shows the installable components of Decision Runtime for z/OS:
  • zRule Execution Server for z/OS: Execution environment to run business rules on a stand-alone server, embedded in the application or in the CICS® JVM server.
  • Rule Execution Server: Execution environment for business rules on WebSphere® Liberty.
  • Rule Designer: Development environment that is based on Eclipse.
    Note: Rule Designer is not installed on z/OS but on a distributed platform. For more information, see the Installing External link opens a new window or tab section in the distributed part of this product documentation.

Directory structure

The Decision Runtime for z/OS SMP/E tool installs specific libraries into the specified installation directory.

Top-level directories are created under the top level installation directory for each component in Operational Decision Manager. These components correspond to modules or other services that provide related functionality or data.

Directory Description
executionserver Resources to deploy and configure Rule Execution Server on the WebSphere Application Server on z/OS
shared Shared tools and scripts for configuring on zRule Execution Server for z/OS
zexecutionserver Libraries and files to configure a zRule Execution Server for z/OS instance

Software requirements

For detailed system and software requirements, search for Decision Runtime for z/OS in the Software Product Compatibility Reports External link opens a new window or tab.

What to do next

After you complete the installation of Decision Runtime for z/OS, you can then configure your authoring and execution environments. This postinstallation configuration is required to set up access to the execution server, define databases, and enable communication between the various applications.