As you embark on your application modernization journey, IBM Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence (IBM ADDI) could be your essential companion, providing deep insights and a clear map of your software landscape and taking the guesswork out of understanding your applications. Today, we are excited to unveil the latest innovations that are designed to streamline your application modernization journey. Read this blog to learn about the new features and enhancements that are made available in IBM ADDI 6.1.3.

• Enhanced IBM Application Discovery Configuration Admin dashboard with automation and improvements on security and authentication.
  • Added the support of TLS 1.3 on the Security page. If you select HTTPS as a connection protocol, both TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 are supported. For more information, see Configuring Security Settings.
  • Added a new option of Self signed certificate files on the Security page. You can use this option to generate self-signed certificate files automatically to secure communications between servers and services. For more information, see Configuring Security Settings.
  • Added the User authentication page. You can use two options on this page for user authentication settings: one is to configure administrator accounts that have access to the IBM Application Discovery Configuration Admin dashboard; the other is to configure user authentication that controls access to Analyze Client. For more information, see Configuring User Authentication.
  • Added the configuration of secure communications in the IBM AD Configuration Wizard and Add Relational Database Server. For more information, see Configuring by using IBM AD Configuration Wizard and Managing a Relational Database Server.
  • Enhanced the secured connection when you use a browser to access IBM AD Configuration Wizard after IBM AD is installed or updated. Now the new self-signed certificate that can be trusted by browsers is generated automatically during the installation or upgrade process. For more information, see Configuring by using IBM AD Configuration Wizard.
  • Removed the Enable Authentication check box and General section on the Authentication Server (DEX) page. For more information, see Configuring Authentication Server (DEX).
• Enhanced IBM AD Analyze Client with new functionalities and enhancements.
  • Added the support for creating a favorite list of analyses. You can add an analysis to the favorite list and access the analysis quickly for all available projects in the IBM AD Analyze Client. For more information, see Creating a favorite list of analyses.
  • Added a new option of Display only programs and a list of resource types in the Callgraph restrictions setting page. You can restrict call graphs to filter out resources in the IBM AD Analyze Client. For more information, see Restricting call graph to filter out resources.
  • Enhanced the Explore … (project name) Tab with a new functionality to display only the programs or resources that are related to the dead code. For more information, see Explore … (project name) Tab.
  • Enhanced the quick filter in the Explore Projects Tab with the support for filtering projects based on annotations. For more information, see Explore Projects Tab.
• Updated the call chain Rest API with new endpoints and removed the endpoints that are related to includes.
  • New endpoints
    • callchain/programs - You can use this endpoint to generate the list of programs from OrientDB for a specific project. For more information, see callchain/programs.
    • callchain/callgraph - You can use this endpoint to generate a call gragh. For more information, see callchain/callgraph.
  • Removed endpoints
    • callchain?showIncludes=true
    • callchain/includes
    • callchain/includes/withParameters
• Reorganized the file paths of log files for services and improved the capabilities of IBM AD Configuration and Log collection tool (ADLogCollector).
  • Moved the log4j2.properties files for Manual Resolutions Service, Mainframe Project Service, Search Service, Cross Service, and File Service from the service folder to the conf folder of each service folder. For example, move the log4j2.properties for Search Service to <IBM ADDI Installation Folder>\IBM Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence\IBM Application Discovery Search Service\conf.
  • Moved the dex.log file for DEX Service to <IBM ADDI Installation Folder>\Authentication Server (DEX)\log.
  • Updated the installService.bat for each service and the ADLogCollector that is located at <IBM ADDI Installation Folder>\support\ with the new location of the log files.
  • Removed the option to collect Analyze Server logs from IBM AD Configuration and Log collection tool.
  • Improved IBM AD Configuration and Log collection tool to generate the files regardless of the environment or machine state.

• Upgraded the Db2 driver db2jcc4.jar to 4.33.31 in the libraries, for example, lib-convrepo, lib-ezdao, lib-bridge-legacy, and lib-comp-common.

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Learn more

• Visit the Content Solution page for Discovery and planning your z/OS Hybrid Applications
• See how a major European financial services company makes a big leap in mainframe visibility in the case study: Modernization made easy
• 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 V6.1.3 Documentation
  • IBM ADDI library page
• Take the self-paced learning courses: ADDI Essentials
• Join the IBM Z and LinuxONE Community - IBM ADDI
• For even more information about IBM ADDI, check the product page for IBM Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence for IBM Z

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