Getting started
The BMC AMI DevOps for Db2 product identifies and applies IBM Db2 for z/OS schema changes between two mainframe environments. It is available as a Jenkins plug-in and a containerized application (Universal Connector) for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools. Universal Connector is certified for the following CI/CD tools:
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions
BMC AMI DevOps provides an interface between the CI/CD tools and BMC’s automated schema management product, BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2.
This section outlines the capabilities of BMC AMI DevOps and describes the advantages of using it:
Product capabilities
BMC AMI DevOps provides the following capabilities across the IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) framework:
Capability | Description |
|---|---|
Authentication | You can use authentication to connect securely to target mainframe servers in one or more environments. The product prompts you for information, such as your IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) credentials, certificate credentials for Universal Connector and the server host name or IP address. |
File transfer | You can use the product to transfer files between the automation server and the mainframe. |
Schema change migration | You can choose the type of schema comparison that you want to perform. Based on your input, the product performs a comparison, generates a set of change requests for a subsystem, and builds JCL to run those change requests. |
Impact evaluation | You can use the product to evaluate the schema change migration results and send the impact report to the deployment tool. With this report, you can assess the impact of implementing the requested change. |
JCL execution | You can submit a JCL stream to the mainframe via a data set member on the mainframe, file on the deployment server, or ad-hoc JCL input directly in the step. |
Schema Standards | You can analyze schema with schema rules defined for your environment. Based on the type of schema input, Schema Standards evaluates the schema and reports violations when the schema does not adhere to the rule. The violations are displayed in BMC AMI Command Center for Db2 and a new Schema Standards report. |
Product advantages
This product has the following advantages:
- Application development teams can deploy changes at the required speed without abandoning the safeguards that the DBA teams require to ensure the reliability and capability of Db2 applications.
- You can automate the deployment of database changes while ensuring application performance.
- (BMC.DB2.SPE2304)You can use the YAML file and Jenkins user interface to configure and manage database application changes on the mainframe.
- You can save a significant amount of time when reviewing, approving, or maintaining mainframe business applications based on Db2 by using BMC AMI DevOps.
- You can review the impact and accountability of your project, pipeline, or workflow that contains multiple changes before implementing your schema changes.
- (BMC.DB2.SPE2304)The integration with CI/CD tools enables you to implement your preferred degree of approval oversight when migrating schema changes across the z/OS environment.
- (BMC.DB2.SPE2310)You can establish consistent schema rules applicable to your environment and analyze the schema to ensure schema rule compliance.