Installing Z Data Tools Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
The Service Provider feature is extracted to UNIX® System Services, then installed into z/OS® Connect and configured in ZCC server.
The Z Data Tools Service Provider for z/OS® Connect feature is shipped as a binary archive in the SHFMSAM1 data set as member HFMZCEE.
Generic or specific mapping of data sources
z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition provides tools to create APIs that use the Z Data Tools Service Provider. During API creation, a service archive (SAR file) is associated with the API which identifies the target service provider.
Z Data Tools service archives (zdt*.sar) and the Z Data Tools z/OS Connect Build Toolkit plug-in (com.hcl.zosconnect.buildtoolkit.zdatatools.jar) are provided for this purpose.
zdtService.sar, zdtIMSService.sar, and zdtDB2Service.sar are ready-to-use SAR files that can be associated with z/OS® Connect APIs during API creation. They provide a generic mapping of file data to a prescribed response format, that is, one format for all data sources. When using generic mappings, you do not need to create SAR files.
Alternatively, customers who require a response mapping specific to a data resource can create their own SAR files. To create and manage your own SAR files you must install the Z Data Tools z/OS Connect Build Toolkit plug-in.
To understand if you will use the specific or generic response mapping methods, and
therefore whether you need to install the Build Toolkit plug-in or the provided SAR
files or both, refer to Methods for accessing IBM Z data sources
in the Z Data Tools User’s Guide and Reference.