Installing and configuring Z APM Connect components

Choosing which components to install

The IBM Z APM Connect components provide the infrastructure for tracking performance and availability of multiple z/OS® subsystems. Deciding which z/OS subsystems you want to monitor will help you decide which components you want to install and configure.

Table 1. Choosing which components to install
IBM Z® APM Connect components System environment Tasks to complete
Z APM Connect Base z/OS system Installing and configuring Z APM Connect Base
Z APM Connect Distributed Gateway Distributed Linux® system with Docker and Podman Compose Installing on a distributed Linux® environment with Docker or Podman Compose
Z APM Connect CICS® TS Data Producer if CICS monitoring CICS subsystem Installing and configuring Z APM Connect CICS TS Data Producer
Z APM Connect IMS Data Producer if IMS monitoring IMS subsystem and IMS Connect Installing and configuring Z APM Connect IMS Data Producer
Z APM Connect Interceptor if z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition monitoring Unix System Services on z/OS Installing and configuring Z APM Connect Interceptor
Z APM Connect request monitoring exits if CICS Transaction Gateway monitoring z/OS system and Distributed Linux system Enabling support for tracking CICS Transaction Gateway
IBM® MQ monitoring subsystem component IBM MQ monitoring subsystem component Setting up the IBM Z APM Connect IBM MQ monitoring agent subsystem
Z Common Data Provider z/OS system Deploying the Z Common Data Provider