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.
New features & enhancements in version 1.6.2, July 2026
Review the summary of changes in IBM Z Resource Discovery Data Service version 1.6.2 release.
Features and enhancements in previous versions
A concise overview of the key features and enhancements introduced in earlier product versions.
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.
Enabling IP address synchronization
This topic describes how to enable or disable IP address synchronization for discovered resources in ServiceNow.
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.