IBM Unified Management Server for z/OS
The IBM Unified Management Server for z/OS (UMS) is the platform designed for modern mainframe data management. Its extensible capabilities can support IBM Db2® for z/OS and IMS subsystems.
Unified Management Server is the architecture server that provides all the common functions needed by the data management products that are installed and accessed, such as IBM Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS.
- Database as a Service (DBaaS)
- Database as a Service (DBaaS) allows users to access and use part of a
database system that adheres to established protocols and standards without
the user having to separately install or re-create those services.
- z/OS discovery services
- When you install Unified Management Server, it securely "discovers" your mainframe environment, including subsystems, users, and other data, and displays that information through the user interface (IBM Unified Experience for z/OS) to help you get started.
- Configuration services
- The UMS configuration registry creates, stores, and manages policies and objects used in installed supported software. You manage and control various settings such as subsystems, environments, and teams through the Unified Experience (UI). UMS super administrators can create system environments that are configured with registered subsystems and assign them to application development teams that need to use the objects and resources of those registered subsystems.
- Operational services
- By using Db2 DevOps Experience with IBM Unified Management Server for z/OS, developers can group sets of database objects into applications, which establish these objects under source code control within Git. On-demand and self-service, they can provision instances of these applications into assigned environments and make database object changes as necessary in accordance with predefined site rules. These changes can be reviewed and merged into the originating application by issuing a pull request. Team administrators review, approve or decline, and merge the object changes.
- REST APIs
- REST APIs provide communication to and from the Unified Management Server and the installed data management products. REST services are also
provided for user-designed workflows based on the specific installed
application software.
For example, if you are using IBM Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS, you can use REST APIs to automate development processes by using continuous integration and delivery tools such as IBM UrbanCode® Deploy and Jenkins.
The benefits of the Unified Management Server include:
- Common elements accessed by multiple installed data management products reduce overall maintenance and software management.
- Reduces amount and effort of installation and maintenance of code that would otherwise be required by multiple software applications.
- A single point of reference for common functions leads to easier problem detection and faster resolution.