IBM® z/OS Change Tracker is a change management tool for tracking, controlling and managing changes in software, enhancing the security of the IBM z/OS operating environments.

System programmers can identify, track and recover hundreds of configuration files in real-time by using IBM z/OS Change Tracker. Mission-critical system and application software configuration data can be monitored automatically in real-time for z/OS environments. IBM z/OS Change Tracker can audit and check software configuration integrity, protect critical libraries and track changes through auditable trails and snapshots of key identified data sets.

Features

• **Real-time monitoring: **Get real-time monitoring of changes in critical system and application software. It establishes base versions for library members and automatically generates new versions as changes occur, enhancing change management and version control.
• **Automated backup and recoverability: **Ensures automated member-level backups, creating stacked versions of protected resource members for enhanced data security and version management. IBM z/OS Change Tracker also offers member-level recoverability by listing stacked versions in an ISPF table. Users can view and compare versions online, and recover specific versions to resolve unwanted changes.
• **Member-level control: **Restricts library changes by allowing selected groups of members to be accessed exclusively by authorized TSO IDs or a RACF group, enhancing security and access control.
• **Documentation of changes: **Prompts users to document reasons for edits to critical members of protected resources. This feature, activated for selected resources, ensures thorough change documentation and enhances accountability.
• Production load library monitoring: Uses tokenization technology to detect changes in production load libraries, ensuring the availability and integrity of system and application software.
• **Environment comparison: **Compares multiple local or remote z/OS environments, identifying changes in data sets, members, paths and files. The report highlights differences and confirms identical configurations with RC=0 for identical environments.

Benefits

• **Improved control: **Track and control real-time system-wide software configuration changes.
• **Enhanced recovery processes: **Enjoy automatic versioning of identified system control data sets.
• **Expanded capabilities: **Experience immediate rollback capabilities to undo unplanned or unsuccessful promotions.