MAINFRAME to CLOUD

The key to this deep relationship? Open-source software.

DevOps, open source and the mainframe

GitOps is an operational framework that applies DevOps practices,

such as continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) and
version control, to infrastructure automation.
GitOps is also an important enabler of CI/CD and, by extension, DevOps.

GitOps gets its name from Git, the hugely popular, open-source code-management tool.
Adopting standard tools and processes like Git and GitOps can empower an organization’s
development practices to more effectively deliver on business outcomes.

DevOps is a mindset, a culture and a set of technical practices that foster better communication
and collaboration across the software lifecycle. Tools-based automation is an important enabler,
but DevOps is more a change in human perception and behavior than a technological effort.

The DevOps team in many organizations works with the developers and operations people to
assemble and manage the various automation technologies that support the continuous
integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) parts of the lifecycle—what we’ve come to call
the DevOps toolchain.

For instance, it streamlines code build and transfers changes to a common repository(GITHUB),
thereby enabling continuous build and integration (CIC/CD in DEVOPS).

Now MAINFRAME and DEVOPS.TEAM. A application team may also involve mainframe
developers with the open source team. Mix the mainframe activities with the OPEN SOURCE
Infrastuctrure using GITOPS Practices with CICD Devopes philosophy.

The goal is to equip mainframe developers with all the tools they need to be first-class DevOps
participants—both during the development process where continuous intengration (CI) applies
and when deploying software into production the continuous deployment (CD) way.

IBM. Redhat DEVELOPED linux,its IBMS subsiday.It provides open source software products to
enterprises
IBM is also championing the open-source-based Wazi. Wazi is a family of tools for delivering a
cloud-native DX for z/OS and providing for cloud-native development and testing for z/OS in the
IBM Cloud. With Wazi, developers can quickly spin up a z/OS dev and test system or create
their own custom image from on-premises mainframe LPARs (logical partitions).

What is IDz mainframe?

IBM Developer for z/OS® (IDz) is a modern, robust toolset for developing and
maintaining IBM z/OS applications through the use of DevOps practices.
What is IBM RDz?
RDz comprises an integrated set of tools that support end-to-end application
development from analysis, to editing, unit testing and deployment of applications. Why
RDz. Rich GUI with development specific perspectives, multiple concurrent views and
customization.

IBM INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT STARTAGY for Z/OS with DEVOPS Tools

PLAN –

IBM - RTC - What is IBM RTC used for?

Rational Team Concert (RTC) is an open, multi-platform team collaboration tool based
on Jazz and Eclipse which provides developers with important functionality for agile
application lifecycle management (ALM)
What is IBM RDz?
RDz comprises an integrated set of tools that support end-to-end application
development from analysis, to editing, unit testing and deployment of applications. Why
RDz. Rich GUI with development specific perspectives, multiple concurrent views and
customization.

MF

IMPACT ANALYSIS &

SYSTEM ANALYSIS

IBM - ADDI

MF – Enterprise Anallyser - Enterprise Analyzer Analyst Client provides tools for

building and maintaining enterprise class repositories, as well as tools for application
and program level understanding, utilizing extensive metrics, reports, diagrammatic
views and querying tools to support various business initiatives.
Enterprise Analyzer Developer Client provides developers or anyone wishing to consume
application knowledge with a simple-to-use web interface that lets them search, query
and extract information from a centrally-maintained enterprise repository.
Micro Focus Enterprise Analyzer (EA) offers centralized storage and analysis of enterprise
application portfolios: The result is a single easy-to-use interface in which you analyze assets
written in modern languages like Java and C# alongside assets written in legacy languages like
COBOL and PL/I. And in which you perform the analysis with industry-leading tools that offer
deep, detailed, and comprehensive insight into complex modern distributed applications.

CONSTUCT

Version control – SCLM RTC,CHANGEMAN

Code quality and review – SOFTWARE ANALYZER in IDZ

UNIT TETSING –XPEDITOR

CI TOOL – RTC,

TOPAZ,JENKINS

VALIDATE – Enterrize data

DEPLOY - CHANGEMAN

AWS

, for example, provides a managed runtime environment for modernizing mainframe workloads
following several hybrid strategies. The IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack runs on Red Hat
OpenShift on AWS. This stack includes containerized modernization tools and the ability to
connect to z/OS environments.

Microsoft Azure also connects its DevOps efforts to the mainframe. Azure DevOps solutions
integrate with DevOps for zSystems, spanning Azure services and z/OS environments to
orchestrate the software development lifecycle across zSystems and Azure.

What operating system does IBM Z use?

IBM Z® mainframes run on z/OS®, Linux® and z/TPF, with multiple operating systems
(OS) often running on a single mainframe.
What are the mainframe DevOps tools?
 We will now present our detailed analysis of six of the most popular tools for
mainframe application development currently on the market:
 IBM® UrbanCode® Deploy (UCD)
 Jenkins®
 IBM® Rational® Team Concert (RTC)
 Jira®
 IBM® Rational® Quality Manager (RQM)
 TestRail®