IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service
IBM Z® Resource Discovery Data Service helps to
manages resource data, formats and provides the data via APIs for a more modern solution to retrieve
z/OS® data, and store data that is discovered.
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What's new in version 1.4.1
Review the summary of changes for information about the IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service (ZRD-DS) release.
What’s new in version 1.4.0
Review the summary of changes for information about the IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service (ZRD-DS) release.
Overview
IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service (ZRD-DS) is an embedded component in several IBM® products. It is used to discover the infrastructure component of a system, understand the relationships and interdependences between the components, and connect these artifacts to a topological UI via a graph API. It can help you perform root-cause analysis faster by understanding how artifacts impact one another based on the discovered relationships. Although integrations and use cases are continuously expanding, examples of ZRD-DS consuming products include:
Prerequisites
Before you install and run IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service (ZRD-DS), the following prerequisites must be met.
Planning for deployment
Before you deploy and set up the IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service (ZRD-DS), you must understand the supported deployment solutions, and obtain and prepare the installation media.
Integrating with IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
You can integrate IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service with IBM Cloud Pak® for Watson AIOps.
IBM Z Resource Discovery Agent
This topic provides an overview of the IBM Z Resource Discovery Agent and Discovery Server, and describes the types of data transferred from the agent to the server.
Troubleshooting Z Resource Discovery Data Service
This reference lists known problems that you might experience in using the IBM Z Resource Discovery and describes known solutions.