Quickly identify IBM z/OS software inventory and execution to reduce costs and minimize compliance risk
Manage your IBM Z software assets
IBM® Z® Software Asset Management helps track, monitor and optimize IBM z/OS® and third-party software usage, licenses and costs with discovery, reporting, API integration and compliance tools for full lifecycle management.
Enables organizations to optimize their license allocation and reduce unnecessary expenditures on underutilized software by providing detailed insights into software usage.
Helps identify and address potential risks associated with software compliance and usage, thereby protecting the organization from legal and financial repercussions.
Automates many of the manual processes involved in software asset management, freeing up IT resources for more strategic initiatives.
Integrates with IBM Z Concert for Z to monitor running products, track features and utilize mitigation strategies generated by watsonx.ai® to reduce risks.
Features
Generates detailed, interactive reports with hyperlink drill-downs for deeper analysis. Enhanced analyzer reports show machine inventory, storage devices and resources, helping ensure licensing compliance and avoiding penalties.
Monitors software usage in real time, providing insights to plan capacity needs and optimize resource allocation. Maintains a full audit trail to ensure compliance with agreements and prevent overuse or unauthorized software.
Automatically discovers IBM and third-party software, then uses high-speed scanning and tagging to build a complete, up-to-date inventory of products, versions and usage. Tracks changes, reporting any additions or deletions since the last scan.
Provides utilities to perform routine functional tasks that maintain the product lifecycle, such as importing reporting data from the IBM Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) and managing APAR maintenance through integrated workflows.
Integrations
IBM Z Software Asset Management offers an API that allows external applications to access and use software asset information. This ability enables seamless integration with tools such as IBM Concert® for Z, enhancing collaboration, APAR maintenance management and lifecycle operations.
Technical details
IBM Z Software Asset Management requires:
- a z/Architecture® machine capable of running z/OS 2.5 or later
- z/OS 2.5 or later with z/OS UNIX System Services configured
- Database software: Either Db2® or SQLite