Introduction

Use the IBM® Discovery Library Adapter for z/OS® (z/OS DLA) to discover IBM zSeries resources (such as zSeries hardware, z/OS systems, TCP/IP connections, and z/OS system applications). The product provides the discovered resources in output files (known as books) that conform to the Common Data Model (CDM). These books can be displayed and consumed by various product consoles that provide change and configuration management, and business process management.