Determining how often to run the WebSphere Application Server seed utility for the z/OS DLA

Review the following information to determine how often you need to run the WebSphere® Application seed utility:
  • Most customers can run the utility once and then have TADDM WebSphere sensor detect any changes. You do not need to run the utility every time you run a z/OS® DLA discovery.
  • The seed file identifies the WebSphere version number, higher-level resource names (such as the WebSphere Server name), and TCP/IP socket connections. If those configuration parameters change, you should re-run the WebSphere Application Server seed utility.
  • If you are already running WebSphere sensor to discover WebSphere on z/OS resources, and WebSphere configuration changes only slightly, such as the WebSphere Server name changes from TVS5999:server1 to TVS5999:server2, you can simply edit the seed file at your TADDM server and restart sensor discovery.
  • When you install a new version of WebSphere on z/OS, you should re-run the Seed utility.
  • If you change TCP/IP connector ports for WebSphere on z/OS, you should re-run the Seed utility.

Using the WebSphere seed sensor on a z/OS system is described in this section of the TADDM documentation at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/taddm/7.3.0?topic=sensor-using-websphere-seed-zos.

The following diagram shows the classes and relationships that are populated in the WebSphere Application Server books. The boxes that are clear are not populated.

Figure 1. WebSphere Application Server details and relationships
WebSphere Application Server details and relationships

See the Appendix C. z/OS DLA data model class types represented in CDM section for details on what attributes and relationships are discovered for these classes.

Note:
  • To include the contents of the WebSphere Application Server configuration files, the user ID running the DLA must have read access to the files.
  • WebSphere Application Server Discovery works independently of address space filters when discovering started class and batch jobs.
  • The WebSphere Named Endpoint discovery includes the SOAP port the WebSphere Application Server API is configured for.