Prerequisites
The following are VM requirements for a Pilot. As seen in the Solution Architecture, the Windows VM will host the ADDI project and database, while the Linux VM will host the Z Refactoring Assistant Server.
Understand - ADDI Project & Database Host
Hardware
- CPU: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
- RAM: 32 GB
- Disk: 100 GB total (35 GB for AD)
Platform
- OS:
- Windows Server 2019 (Recommended)
- Other Options:
- Windows 10/11 Enterprise (64-bit)
- Windows 10/11 Pro (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2019/2022 Datacenter Edition (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2019/2022 Standard Edition (64-bit)
- Database:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (Recommended)
- Other Options:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2014/2016/2017/2022
- Db2 Standard Edition 11.5.5.x (see: fix pack)
Software
- Eclipse OR IDz:
- Eclipse:
- IBM Developer for Z Systems:
- v16.x.x (Recommended)
- or IDz 14/15 with Java 8 (Unsupported)
- v16.x.x (Recommended)
- 64 bit Oracle Java 11 (Recommended)
- or 64 bit Oracle Java 8
- Supported Internet browsers: (used for accessing IBM AD Configuration Server)
- Google Chrome (Recommended)
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge (verion 79 or later)
Refactor - Z Refactoring Assistant Server
Hardware
- CPU: 4 cores
- RAM: 16 GB
- Disk: 500 GB
Platform
- OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 8 or later on an AMD64 system
Software
- Required tools and packages:
- podman version 4 or later
- podman-plugins package
- openssl command
- keytool command (from Java 8 or higher Runtime Environment)
- VNC session to access via VNC client or SSH
- Network access to IBM Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence (IBM ADDI)
- Version 6.1.3 or later
- Supported Internet browsers: (used for accessing Z Refactoring Assistant)
- Google Chrome (recommended)
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge (version 79 or later)
Transform
For Transforming Cobol to Java, the only new hardware required is a Db2 instance on the cloud. Additional required software will live on the Windows machine.
Platform
- Db2 (on IBM Cloud)
Software
- IBM Service client 11.5 (64 bit)
- Data Generator
- WCA4Z-Data-Generator zip file copied from the Refactoring Assistant to the Windows VM
- Visual Studio Code