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.

Deployment scenarios

IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service can be deployed in support of the following solutions:

  • Integration with IBM Z Anomaly Analytics
  • Integration with ServiceNow CMDB
  • Integration with IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps

For each of the deployment scenarios, the following components must be installed:

Table 1. Deployment scenarios
Component Installed on
IBM Discovery Library Adapter for z/OS z/OS
IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service Agent (Discovery Agent) z/OS
IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service Linux on X, Linux on Z, or zCX1
Z Operational Analytics common components Linux on X, Linux on Z, or zCX1

1 IBM Z Anomaly Analytics does not support zCX.

Additionally, for integration with ServiceNow CMDB, it is necessary to install the Z Discovery ServiceNow application.

Obtaining and preparing installation media

IBM Discovery Library Adapter for z/OS

IBM Discovery Library Adapter for z/OS v3.2 is available under FMID HIZD320 from IBM ShopZ.

Refer to the Program Directory for FMID HIZD320 to learn how to prepare and install the component.

Z Resource Discovery Data Service and Discovery Agent

Z Resource Discovery Data Service and the Discovery Agent are included in Part LC28-3258, available from IBM ShopZ. Fix pack releases are available from IBM Fix Central.

It is recommended that you download the latest fix pack image from IBM Fix Central before installation. Fix pack images are complete install images, and they always provide the latest available level of code.

Fix pack images for this media use the following naming pattern: 1.4.0.<fixpack-number>-ZRDDS-FP00<fixpack-number>.tar.gz.

Z Operational Analytics common components

These components, which are shared by several IBM Z Software products, are included in Part LC28-3255, available from IBM ShopZ. Fix pack releases are available from IBM Fix Central.

It is recommended that you download the latest fix pack image from IBM Fix Central before attempting installation of these components. Fix pack images are complete install images, and they always provide the latest available level of code.

Fix pack images for this media use the following naming pattern: 5.1.x.<fixpack-number>-ZOA_COMMON-FP00<fixpack-number>.tar.gz

Preparing installation media for Z Resource Discovery Data Service and Z Operational Analytics common components

  1. Create a common setup directory from which installation will be performed. The common setup directory must meet the following minimal space requirements:
    • 7.5 GB for downloaded installation images
    • 10 GB for the unpacking of the installation images
  2. Download the latest fix pack images for Z Resource Discovery Data Service and the Z Operational Analytics common components and extract them into the common setup directory. If you plan to install IBM Z Anomaly Analytics (ZAA) at the same time, also download the latest ZAA fix pack image and extract it into the same common setup directory.
    The following listing shows the complete set of commands required to create the common setup directory and to extract the installation images:
    mkdir -p <common_setup_directory>
# After download of the installation images
tar xvf 5.1.x.<fixpack-number>-ZOA_COMMON-FP00<fixpack-number>.tar.gz -C <common_setup_directory>
tar xvf 1.4.0.<fixpack-number>-ZRDDS-FP00<fixpack-number>.tar.gz -C <common_setup_directory>
  3. The Discovery Agent installation image is located inside the <common_setup_directory>/zrdds/zos directory as discovery-agent-1.4.0-mainframe.tar. Upload this file to the z/OS systems on which the Discovery Agent is to be installed.