Many of us are comfortable with our change and configuration management processes and tools for developing standard z/OS® applications. Updating those applications to run on the Web or developing new applications for that environment, brings up a whole new set of challenges. Many of the new Web content tools do a great job of helping you develop the content, but then what? Where is the change and configuration management? If it exists at all in the tool, chances are it doesn't support both your host application components as well as your new Web content. You may have already had a problem due to this lack of control. If so &
IBM z/OS!" Software Configuration and Library manager (SCLM) Family can help you get a handle on these objects and manage them along with your standard applications using a common set of processes and one change and configuration management tool. You can manage virtually all of your e-business objects such as Java!" code, html, and pdf files as well as your standard S/390 application data from a secure environment on OS/390® or z/OS. SCLM Family allows you to access this data from anywhere via a standard browser (Microsoft® Internet Explorer or Netscape®). Customized translators allow you to deploy your applications on S/390 UNIX Systems Services (USS) or other server environments as well as on S/390.
IBM z/OS SCLM Family consists of the following program products:
Highlights
IBM z/OS SCLM Family provides SCLM customers with a cost effective and fully functional centralized S/390 SCM solution supporting the development of S/390 e-business applications (including S/390 objects, JAVA programs, HTML files, Web applications, documents and spreadsheets) across the OS/390, z/OS, Windows® NT, UNIX and AS/400® platforms.
Key functions
- Merge e-business application development and management processes with the traditional S/390 applications life cycle.
- Store, modify, build and deploy JAVA code from SCLM utilizing UNIX System Services (USS).
- View and process items in the SDSF JES2 batch job queues.
- Migrate directly from an existing SCLM Location, PDS, PC or UNIX file to SCLM.
- Edit SCLM, PDS or UNIX files directly in the browser or automatically download and launch your tool of choice.
- List SCLM, PDS or UNIX files and inventory locations using either wildcard query functions or specific search criteria.
- Stream line in-house approval procedures and to achieve organization wide accountability for source changes in production.
- Define software release packages which can be managed and reused throughout the application development life cycle.
- Collect and store approver data automatically and to notify approvers when there are packages to be approved.
- Facilitate the approval and promotion process by ensuring that all approvals are obtained before promotions or production turnover.
- Approve or veto SCLM packages from the Web.
- View an Approver "ballot box" on-line to see all votes cast.
- Access application data and package information/status from the two most popular Web browsers without the requirement for any additional client software.
- Provides a low cost, full function Software Configuration Management (SCM) solution.
- Additional capabilities are available when using IBM z/OS SCLM Family with IBM WebSphere Asset Analyzer for z/OS and Tivoli Information Management for z/OS.
Summary
Today's focus on e-business touches every aspect of the information industry. Every part of the application life-cycle is affected. Whether you are creating new applications or modifying existing applications, the need to manage the integration of e-business parts with traditional S/390 program objects is a necessary part of building and deploying modern applications. SCLM Family allows customers to leverage the significant investment they have made in their S/390 based applications. Your source code modules are like crown jewels. They must be stored in a safe and secure place, yet be easy to access from anywhere. Managers and developers, whether on site of off site, need ready and secure access to their source code library for source code development and approvals. What better place is there to store your most valuable software assets than a z/OS SCLM System? There simply isn't one. How do you get safe and secure browser access and approvals in SCLM? Introducing IBM z/OS SCLM Family!
Order information
When ordering the IBM z/OS SCLM Family, specify one or more of the following program numbers:
- 5697-J19 for IBM SCLM Administrator Toolkit
- 5655-G93 for IBM SCLM Developer Toolkit
- 5697-H59 for IBM Enhanced Access Control for SCLM for z/OS
- 5697-G58 for IBM Breeze for SCLM for z/OS
- 5697-H70 for IBM Merge Tool for z/OS
- SCLM is provided as part of base OS/390 or z/OS
For assistance in ordering, or for more information, contact the following:
- IBM SCLM Center of Competency: 1-919-486-1288
or eMail us at: sclm@us.ibm.com