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1. Z Asset Optimizer Overview
Are you gettingthe most out of your mainframe investment?
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2. Introducing Z Asset Optimizer
HCL Z Asset Optimize(ZAO) is a market leading software asset discovery product for IBM®
z/OS® mainframetechnology
Batch Inventory
Discovery
ZAO recognizes over 15,000+ mainframe software products and featuresfrom IBM and other
software vendors and provides comprehensive software inventory reports
Tracks and reports usage of In-house z/OS applications – Batch workload , CICS , IMS
transactions written in COBOL, PL/I, C/C++, REXX , Java Usage Monitoring
Software assets and their usage are discovered automatically by a batch inquisitor and a real-
time usage monitor
Audit and compliance – Effectively used for discuss licensing and auditcompliancewith
software vendors
Optimize Mainframe software cost by eliminating less frequently used software andensuring
supported software is being used
Flexible Pricing options
Reporting
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3. Z Asset Optimizer Value Proposition
Asset & License
Management
Software Cost
Optimization
Auditing &
Compliance
InfrastructureOperation
management
APIs’ for Operational
Analytics
✓ Support complete Endto
End Software inventory
managementandreporting
✓ Detail analysis and
reportingof Product,
Vendor,Version, Release,
Feature code (state all
versionsif multiple versions
are installed),LPAR(s) they
run on, Statusof the
product, Installation
Libraries &Data set naming
conventions.
✓ Analyze the Software usage
of all IBM& ISV Products
and Optimize Mainframe
Software Licensingcost
✓ KeySoftware usage Reports
to negotiate licensingcost
withvendors.
✓ Eliminate Less frequently
Software products or Not
usedproducts
✓ Consolidate Productwith
overlappingcapabilities
✓ Audit the usage of z/OS
load modules and Unix
executables
✓ Comply with License and
Contractsanddemonstrate
compliance tosoftware
vendors
✓ Automate the processof
up-to-date software
inventory
✓ ReportProductusage by
LPARS,Sysplex andCEC’s
✓ Detail Impact on
Applications , Batch Jobs&
Usersthat helpsin
Planning,Validation&
Testingstages
✓ Go-totool forSysprogson
Software/Hardware
Upgrade or Migration
projects(e.g.COBOL
Upgrade)
✓ Integrate ZAOSoftware
asset data withlocal
Configuration management
database for betterinsights
on Change impact
✓ Integrate ZAOdata for
Operational Analyticswith
SMF & Syslogdatafor
Problemdiagnosis andbest
practice implementation
✓ Automationandalertson
noncompliant situations
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4. ZAO Deployment option on z/OS
Remote Mainframe Components Central Mainframe Components
STC
TSO
Batch JAVA
Raw Usage Data
Usage
Import
ZAO Analyticreports
CICS
Usage
Monitor
Repository Analyzer
IMS
Raw IQ Data
IQImport
All DASD
Inquisitor
GKB
GlobalKnowledgeBase
LKB
LocalKnowledgeBase
In-HouseApplication registry
(maintainedbycustomer)
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Vendor product registry
(maintainedbyHCL)
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5. Asset
Report
ZAO Deployment option on “Container technology on Linux on Z”
Usage
Monitor
Inquisitor
Analyzer
ZAO for
Containers
Repository
Docker
CommunityEdition
Linux onZ
License
Validation
Report
▪ Simpler Maintenance:ZAO for Containers is builtready for
deployment into a target container environment
▪ Reduce Cost: ZAO for Containers runs on Linux on Z
instead ofz/OS – which can be an LPAR or as simple as a
z/VM guest
▪ Proven Reliability: The Usage Monitor and Inquisitor are
proven components ofZAOproduct with <1% overhead to
monitor your mainframe systems
▪ License Validation: Identifyareas ofimprovement &
concerns to keep your mainframe systems optimal
▪ APIs to Extract Data: APIs are provided to extract asset
management data from ZAO for Containers – consume
data when you need them
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6. ZAO Sample Reports
Inventory report: Reporting a
list of softwareproducts
discovered on your systems
Usage report: Reporting the
trending of software usage
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7. New: LicenseVerification Feature
Input required:
▪ The followinginformation must beimported into ZAOinteractively or in XML
file:
▪ Software Details:product ID, product name, feature, version,etc
▪ License Datils:Scope (LPAR, Machine, Enterprise), License Date,License
RenewDate, Capacity, etc
▪ Vendor details:name, contact info
License VerificationInsights
License Verification Insights:
▪ The followingreports areproduced:
1. Products with a License: no attention is requiredimmediately
2. License without a product: product licensed but not on the system→
candidate for removal
3. Products without a license:possiblyinstalleddue to bundledsolution bya
vendor
4. Entitled and Not Used: candidates for removal toreduce cost
5. Entitled and used:no attentionis required immediately
6. Not Entitled and Used: Need immediate attentionto avoidauditpenalty
Inventory
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Software
Usage
Software
License
Information

8. New: License Verification Feature
Sample 1: All LicenseReport
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9. New: License Verification Feature
Sample 2: Not Entitledand Used
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10. ZAO pricing illustration
IBM z14 3906-404
Machine Capacity
118 MSU
Mainframe machine
model#
MSU convertedinto
Value units(VU)
49 VU
ZAOTermLicense
option
ZAO Pricing is based
on per VU
ZAOPerpetual
License option
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11. Success story : US based Banking customer
TheChallenge & need
Reduce the overall mainframesoftware license expense
with a largest Independentsoftware vendor
HCLApproach
Establish facts around software assets and usage to
enable the customer to re-negotiate the overall
softwarelicense cost within the context of overall
Enterprise License Agreement.
Vendor Contract Summary
• $71M 3-year EULA endingMarch 30, 2018
• 153 non-IDMSmainframe products usage up to41,138
• 31 IDMS mainframe products up to 6,917
• 36 distributedproducts (various levels)
• No cost access to additionalmainframe products
❖ 82%of non-IDMS products areusing less than 40,000 MIPS – less than
originally licensed!
▪ Max MIPSused is 43,955 by only 1 product
▪ 62% (22 outof 34) using less than 20,000 MIPS
❖ 81%of IDMS product MIPS are unused
▪ IDMS products licensed to 6,917 MIPS, butonly using 1,325 MIPS
ZAO Asset ManagementReportsreveal significant cost savings in software license
Cost Reduction!!
Mainframe product utilization level is 30%:
❖ Only 56 of the 189 mainframe products are in use
✓ 78%ofnon-IDMSmainframe products are not in use (only 34 out of
158non-IDMS mainframe products in use)
✓ 29%of IDMSmainframe products arenot in use (only 22 out of 31
IDMSproducts in use)
Overlicensed mainframe software:
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12. Top Financial services company– One of Largest banking institution in United
States with over US $3 trillion in client assets.
Business challange
Monitor the usage of 40,000+ in-house developed applications in ChangeMan which was
written in Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, C/C++, Java and need for an in-depth analysis of
program executionin z/OS environments.
▪ Where the application are executing in Mainframe environment– LPARs ?
▪ What are the libraries names andDASD volumes (locationofprograms)?
▪ What workloads are calling these application – Batch,Transactions, users ?
▪ What Programming language (COBOL,C/C++,PL/1)and complier version?
▪ List the dependency of application to IBM& other vendor Mainframe software’s
▪ Data & Time ofprogram execution
Solution benefits
✓ Simplified the monitor of thousands of in-house
applications.
✓ Increased Productivity byreducing manual&
complexefforts.
✓ Automation in discovery andusage reporting of
applicationprograms
Automated Solution :
The company exploited the Local Knowledge Base(LKB) feature to register their thousands of in-house applications through the
“BatchTagger”utility and wrote ansimple REXX program toautomatically identify the new in-house programs fromthe Loadlibrary.
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13. $8.4 BILLION ENTERPRISE | 132,000 IDEAPRENEURS| 44 COUNTRIES
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14. Improve
Service
Software
Asset
Management
Reduce
Cost
Manage
Risk
Are you getting the most out of Z software investment?
▪ How are you currentlymonitoring your System z software
assets, usage and licenses?
▪ Doyouknowhowmanysoftwareproductsyouhavecurrently
deployed?
▪ Do youknow what they are and what they cost?
▪ Do you know who is using those software products?
▪ Do you know how often those products are being used?
▪ Do you have a clear understanding of the multiple versions of
productsinstalled?
▪ Do youhave a clear understanding of products that may be
installed in multiple locations?
▪ Do youknow if you are you over or undersubscribed?
▪ Doyouknowif there areanyapplications that are redundant,
out of date or not being used?
▪ Can anyapplications be eliminated or consolidated?
▪ Are all of your software licenses up to date?
▪ Would you be in legal or financial danger if you were audited?
Enhance assetreliability and
availability todeliver themost
optimal service tothe business
Avoidsoftwareover-purchases
andfinancial impact offailed
license compliance audits
Improvecompliance with
licensing requirements
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15. Additional Information
Need help?
▪ OurSMEconsultantscanhelp toinstall and
configure the productwith minimal disruption of
your daily tasks
▪ Recommendation basedonconsultation to
implement theproductmosteffectively basedon
your requirements
▪ Customization to ensureISV software products as
well as in-house applications are correctly reported
▪ Reviewproductreportsandassist in preparing
project plan to optimize your mainframe systems
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