Gaining better visibility and insight into applications is a catalyst for accelerating modernization and transformation. As an essential application discovery tool, IBM Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence for IBM Z (IBM ADDI) 6.1.2, is now available for you to analyze and visualize applications with enhanced efficiency and productivity. Read this blog to learn about the new features and enhancements that are made available in ADDI 6.1.2.

IBM Application Discovery

• Enhanced Java™ analysis support.
  • Added the support of Cross Applications Analysis from Java to Mainframe. Now you can provide a configuration (.json) file with defined APIs to build and analyze the project and to view the Mainframe calls from Java projects through the Cross Java To Mainframe Call Graph option. For more information, see Cross Java To Mainframe Call Graph.
  • Enabled the analysis of Cross Java To Mainframe Call Graph and Java Call Graph in all layers of Graph Inventory views. You can start the analysis wizard from Explore projects, Packages, Classes, and Methods views.
  • Enhanced secure communications between Wazi Proxy and Wazi Analyze Docker Engine. For more information, see Configuring Docker Engine for Remote Access with TLS.
• Enhanced AD Configuration Admin Dashboard with automation and improvements on security:
  • Added the automatic validation check of IPv6, IPv4, and Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) settings on the Configuration Wizard and Admin > Configure > General Settings.
  • Enabled creating the audit database for DB2® for LUW automatically in the Configuration Wizard. For more information, see Db2 for LUW (Linux, UNIX, and Windows) prerequisites and IBM AD Web Services Prerequisites.
  • Added the support for creating a sample GenApp project and performing a health check to validate that all components are running. For more information, see Configuring by using IBM AD Configuration Wizard.
  • Enhanced Build Client, Graph Database Server, and Batch Server configurations with SSL. For more information, see Enabling encryption channel between IBM AD Build Client and IBM AD ZooKeeper and STEP 9. Configuring IBM AD Batch Server.
• Enhanced Control-M Usage features and provided more instructions around Control-M reports. With the enhanced Control-M Usage functionality, you can check Control-M sources (applications, folders, and jobs), analyze the Control-M report with filters, and export the report. For more information, see Control-M Usage Settings and Control-M Usage.
• Updated the call chain Rest API with a new query parameter info. You can use the info query parameter to conduct call chain analysis to get the source type and path for all the involved programs. For more information, see Generating call chain analysis results by using API URLs.
• Added a new progress log to track the status and duration of IBM AD Project Build that is performed in headless batch modes. For more information, see Checking the log files of components.
• Improved Flow Chart and PL/I dynamic resolution algorithm.
• Added support for saving project properties from command line interface with IBM AD Build. For more information, see II. Description of the IBM AD Build Client Batch Commands.
• Added support for Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11. For more information, see Supported Platforms and Versions.
• Removed the ADDI Extensions component and the following services or features from the ADDI product:
  • Business Rule Discovery services
  • Analyze Server relevant services
  • Java legacy features
• Removed all mentions and instructions about Linux®/zLinux support from ADDI documentation.

IBM ADDI Extensions

Starting with ADDI 6.1.2, ADDI Extensions is no longer included as part of the overall ADDI package. You can continue accessing the ADDI Extensions component from any other ADDI releases that are in support prior to ADDI 6.1.2. The full withdrawal of the ADDI Extensions will take effect when the ADDI 6.1.x release stream reaches the end of support. A further notice will be made available in IBM Support - Product Lifecycle site.

IBM Wazi Analyze

• Applied bug fixes to improve user experience.
• Updated the Wazi Analyze User Guide. For more information, see the summary of doc changes.

Try it now 

• IBM ADDI Trial - it's free！
• Download IBM ADDI V6.1.2 from IBM Passport Advantage 

Learn more

• Visit the Content Solution page for Discovery and planning your z/OS Hybrid Applications
• Read the Sun Life case study: A mainframe DevOps journey starts with IBM application discovery tools
• Read the Forrester Total Economic Impact study
• Check out the consolidated resources of ADDI with Accelerator
• Find the online help and documentation:
  • IBM ADDI V6.1.2 Documentation
  • IBM ADDI library page
• Take the self-paced learning courses: 
  • ADDI Essentials
  • IBM Wazi Developer Fundamentals
• Join the IBM Z and LinuxONE Community - IBM ADDI
• For even more information about IBM ADDI, check the following links: 
  • Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence for IBM Z Announcement Letter
  • Product page for IBM Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence for IBM Z

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