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Important This documentation space contains information about the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises).

Mainframe discovery methods


Some of the detailed data that the z/OS Discovery Agent collects is dependent on additional MainView products being installed. The following table shows the MainView products used to obtain additional detailed data. See the BMC Discovery for z/OS documentation documentation for further information.

Method

Script Views

Product

getMainframeInfo *

Retrieve Mainframe (CEC) data ($DZSCEC)

Discovery for z/OS

getMFPart *

Retrieve MFPart (LPAR) data ($DZSLPAR)

Discovery for z/OS

getVirtualSystemEnabler *

Retrieve Virtual System Enabler data ($DZSVSE)

Discovery for z/OS

getOperatingSystem *

Retrieve Operating System data ($DZSOS)

Discovery for z/OS

getApplicationServer

Retrieve Application Server data ($DZSAPSR)

Discovery for z/OS

getCICSProgram

Retrieve CICS Program data ($DZSCIPR)

MainView for CICS

getCICSTransaction

Retrieve CICS Transaction data ($DZSCITR)

MainView for CICS

getCommServer

Retrieve Communication Server data ($DZSCOSR)

Discovery for z/OS

getCouplingFacility

Retrieve Coupling Facility data ($DZSCF)

Discovery for z/OS

getDB2Database

Retrieve DB2 Database data ($DZSDB2D)

MainView for DB2

getDB2Indexspace

Retrieve DB2 Indexspace data ($DZSIXSP)

MainView for DB2

getDB2Pageset

Retrieve DB2 Pageset data ($DZSPGST)

MainView for DB2

getDB2Tablespace

Retrieve DB2 Tablespace data ($DZSTBSP)

MainView for DB2

getDatabaseServer

Retrieve Database Server data ($DZSDBSR)

Discovery for z/OS

getDependency

Retrieve Server Dependency data ($DZSRELA)

Discovery for z/OS

getDiskDrive

Retrieve DASD Device data ($DZSDISK)

Discovery for z/OS

getDiskStorage

Retrieve DASD Storage Subsystem data ($DZSDASS)

Discovery for z/OS

getIMSDatabase

Retrieve IMS Database data ($DZSIMDB)

MainView for IMS

getIMSFastPath

Retrieve IMS Fast Path DEDB Area data ($DZSIMAR)

MainView for IMS

getIMSTransaction

Retrieve IMS Transaction data ($DZSIMTR)

MainView for IMS

getMQChannel

Retrieve MQ Channel data ($DZSMQCH)

MainView for WebSphere MQ

getMQListener

Retrieve MQ Listener data ($DZSMQLS)

MainView for WebSphere MQ

getMQQueue

Retrieve MQ Queue data ($DZSMQQ)

MainView for WebSphere MQ

getMessageServer

Retrieve Message Server data ($DZSMSSR)

Discovery for z/OS

getNetworkConnection    

Retrieve Network Connection data ($DZSNC)

Discovery for z/OS    

getPrintServer

Retrieve Print Server data ($DZSPRSR)

Discovery for z/OS

getResourceServer

Retrieve Resource Server data ($DZSRSSR)

Discovery for z/OS

getSecurityServer

Retrieve Security Server data ($DZSSESR)

Discovery for z/OS

getSysplex

Retrieve Sysplex data ($DZSSYSP)

Discovery for z/OS

getTapeDrive

Retrieve Tape Device data ($DZSTPED)

Discovery for z/OS

getTapeStorage

Retrieve Tape Storage Subsystem data ($DZSTAPS)

Discovery for z/OS

getTransactionPolicy

Retrieve Transaction Policy data ($DZSMTAP)

MainView Transaction Analyzer

getTransactionServer

Retrieve Transaction Server data ($DZSTXSR)

Discovery for z/OS

getWebSphereApplication

Retrieve WAS Application or Mbean data ($DZSWSAP)

MainView for WebSphere Application Server

getWorkload

Retrieve Workload Report Service Class data ($DZSWKLD)

Discovery for z/OS

An asterisk (*) indicates methods that must succeed for a mainframe to be created.

 

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