The "ET Get z/OS Programs" probe is used to discover the active software products running on z/OS LPARs. Before using this probe, the z/OS mainframe agent must be configured to collect SMF Record Type 30, subtype 4. The probe will use the collected SMF data along with data discovered by the "ET Get Active Job Names" probe to match program executable names to the Mainframe Software Products catalog that is installed with the Ironstream ServiceNow App and program names that have been added to the Mainframe Software User Catalog.
The supplied Mainframe Software Catalog will be a continually evolving catalog that will be updated with new entries from time to time. For mainframe software products that are not included in the supplied Software catalog, you have the option to add program executable names and associated software product names to the Mainframe Software User Catalog. To add entries to the user catalog, perform these steps:
- In ServiceNow, go to the Mainframe Discovery -> Mainframe Software Products User Catalog entry.
- In the list displayed (first time the list will be empty), click the New button to create a new entry.
- Fill in the Program Executable name, Product name and Product vendor in the displayed fields and click the Submit button.
The steps to activate collection of SMF records can be found in the Ironstream for ServiceNow Discovery for IBMz Installation Guide.