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HCL Z Data Tools Customization Guide Version 16.1.1
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  3. Customizing Z Data Tools
  4. Preparing to customize Z Data Tools
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  • About this document

    These topics provide information needed to plan for, customize, maintain, and diagnose problems with HCL Z Data Tools.

  • Summary of changes
  • Customizing Z Data Tools
    • Preparing to customize Z Data Tools
      • Checklist for installing and customizing Z Data Tools
      • Library names after you finish installing
      • Alternatives for making Z Data Tools available
      • Planning for running Z Data Tools with or without APF-authorization
      • Alternatives for controlling Z Data Tools Base auditing
    • Customizing the operating environment for Z Data Tools
    • Customizing Z Data Tools
    • Customizing the Z Data Tools security environment

      Z Data Tools provides security for system-oriented functions through RACF® (or an equivalent security product).

    • Customizing Z Data Tools to write audit records to SMF
    • Customizing the Z Data Tools audit facility for the Z Data Tools Base component
    • Customizing Z Data Tools for national languages

      You can customize Z Data Tools for national languages other than English.

    • Customizing Z Data Tools Service Provider for z/OS® Connect

      Z Data Tools Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.

    • Customizing Z Data Tools to use library management system libraries
    • Customizing Z Data Tools to use the Optim™ Data Privacy Provider API
    • Customizing Z Data Tools to use an I/O exit
    • Customizing Z Data Tools to use a scrambling exit
    • Verifying the customization of Z Data Tools

      After you have completed the initial installation and customization of Z Data Tools Base function, you can perform the following steps to verify your customization.

  • Customizing Z Data Tools Db2® Component
  • Customizing Z Data Tools IMS™ Component
  • Customizing Z Data Tools CICS® Component
  • Z Data Tools on VS Code

    HCL Z Data Tools is a host component that supports a Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDE.

  • Preparing for Z Data Tools Remote Services
  • Customizing Z Common Components server
  • Z Data Tools options
  • ZDT/Db2 options
  • ZDT/IMS options
  • Z Data Tools options specified in PARMLIB members
  • The library management system exit
  • Z Data Tools audit records
  • Notices

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Preparing to customize Z Data Tools

Before you can use Z Data Tools, you will need to customize Z Data Tools and the operating environment. Summary of steps for customizing Z Data Tools and the operating environment lists the customization tasks you can perform for Z Data Tools. Read the referenced sections to see if you need to perform the customization described.

  • Checklist for installing and customizing Z Data Tools
  • Library names after you finish installing
  • Alternatives for making Z Data Tools available
  • Planning for running Z Data Tools with or without APF-authorization
  • Alternatives for controlling Z Data Tools Base auditing
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