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.
- 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
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
.
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.