Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS

Quickly identify z/OS software inventory and use to reduce costs and minimize compliance risk

Inspecting licenses versus deployment is great for distributed but not sufficient for z/OS, as z/OS products are shared by users/business units. Tivoli® Asset Discovery for z/OS provides discovery, monitoring and reporting to understand z/OS product and application usage.

  • Automatically discovers and identifies IBM® and third party software running on the z/OS® platform
  • High speed scanning and in house application tagging ensures that you have a complete inventory of everything on your system without a lot of overhead
  • Monitors software usage and related growth to proactively plan for future capacity needs
  • Generates interactive reports that provide convenient hyperlink drill down for more details
  • Lower costs by removing unused and obsolete software
  • Use with IBM Tivoli® Asset Management for IT to manage the full-life cycle of hardware and software assets including software license and contracts management.
  • Add IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed for an end-to-end software asset management solution

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Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS

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FeaturesAdvantagesBenefits
Auto discovery of IBM and 3rd party software Ability to identify vendors, product titles, features, modules, versions releases, and maintenance levels Eliminates manual process of identifying software
Support for SQLite Open Source database Quicker and easier to get up and running
Enhanced Reporting Views of Machine Inventory, Storage Devices, and Resources, and show Value Units and Product Usage Improved visibility – Use enhanced view of hardware devices and product usage to better manage system dependencies and to improve resource efficiency
Change Tracking Show added/deleted products since last scan Enhanced oversight – Validate changes to ensure accurate reporting and process compliance
License Verification Enables the manual comparison of discovered data and purchased Licenses Ensure compliance to software entitlements and identify significant over purchasing
High speed scanner Provides an accurate inventory of all software on your z/OS platform in a short amount of time Minimizes overhead
Software usage monitor Tells who is using the software products, where they are installed, when the products are being used Helps determine if you are making the most of your software investments
Integration with Tivoli Asset Management for IT Links software usage information with license agreements and costs Helps you manage compliance and negotiate future contracts with better insight

System Requirements
The basic hardware requirements to install IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS are as follows:

  • Data Capture and Computation phases
    These phases require a z/Architecture machine capable of running
    z/OS Version 1 Release 8, or later.

  • Reporting phase
    The Batch Reports require a z/Architecture machine capable of running z/OS Version 1 Release 8, or later. The Tivoli Common Reporting systems requires either an Intel x86 architecture server, or Linux on System z LPARs, in which case a z/Architecture machine is used.

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