Optimising a Distributed Infrastructure Mike Dowson Sales Director, Apex

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Inside Change Tracker
Automatic Tracing of Program and File Changes
on IBM i
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About Raz-Lee Security

• Internationally renowned IBM i solutions provider
  since 1983
• Product lines
• iSecurity Infrastructure Security
• iSecurity Application Security
• System tools file editor, performance tuning
• NEW! Database access software (patent pending)-
  Fits all the above product lines
• Products installed in over 35 countries, more
  than 12,000 licenses
• Worldwide distribution network
• IBM Advanced Business Partner
• Partnerships and product integration with major
  global security (SIEM) providers IBM (including
  Tivoli and Q1Labs), HP, RSA enVision, GFI,
  Imperva, Splunk,

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The Need for Change Management

• Changes in production libraries can adversely
  affect company business
• Such changes auditing is currently enforced
  (answered by CMS or manual logs in notebooks or
  Excel)
• Standard Change Management System (CMS) solutions
  are problematic
• Expensive
• Complex to implement
• Not feasible for SMBs
• Not bullet proof (depended on obedience to
  procedures)

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What is Change Tracker?

• Change Tracker is a product which automatically
  tracks changes in production libraries
• No human intervention is required
• It tracks the changes in Real-Time
• The product reads the QAUDJRN in Real-Time (like
  Vision, Mimix etc.)
• Periodic mode is also available
• Green version GUI (Java on Eclipse) of outputs
  ready
• Notes
• Periodic Mode is for customers which do not log
  to QAUDJRN
• The rest of this presentation concentrates on the
  Real-Time mode

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Real-Time Mode How it Works

• Changes to production files are accepted at real
  time from QAUDJRN
• Changes identified as effecting production
  libraries are considered
• Changes are tracked for
• Native libraries
• IFS Directories, Documents Folders
• System libraries (PTFs)
• Object info retrieved (modules in ILE,
  OWNER/USER authority)
• Source used for the object related information
  are saved by CT
• Optional tracing of activity in source file is
  tracked
• The result is that Change Tracker has
• Full information about the transaction
• Full information about the object
• Backup of the contributing sources

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Change Tracker

• Dedicated to monitoring and logging object
  changes
• Especially those made to production libraries
• At both the source and object levels
• Relies solely on the actual updates within a
  library
• No manual intervention is required
• Based on the QAUDJRN system journal
• Robust and comprehensive solution that cannot be
  bypassed
• Working in real-time, it can automatically record
  every revision
• Collects all information relevant to the
  modifications made

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Automatic Identification

• CT automatically identifies
• The environment of the change (e.g. JDE-TEST)
• The project that the change belongs to (e.g.
  REL-11.2)
• The native object attribute (e.g. RPGLE, DSPF)
• The IFS object attributes (e.g. ZIP/TAR, C)
• For system object the License Product, PTF ID
  (or violations)
• The executor (e.g. ALDON)
• The automatic identifications can later be
  modified
• As per the executor the product may skip farther
  processing for known CMS

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Reports Report Generator

• Full set of reports provided with the product
• All created by the Report Generator Scheduler
  (included)
• Comprehensive filtering, sorting, distinct values
  only
• Output
• , PRINT, OUTFILE,
• GUI
• HTML, PDF, CSV with e-Mail support
• Comprehensive filtering, sorting, distinct values
  only
• Scheduler
• Multi LPAR consolidated reporting (with Central
  Admin)
• Report carries full explanation for auditor,
  statistics, list of LPARS included

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Benefits to the Organization

• Management
• Tracing activities
• Zero time implementation
• No procedure change
• Auditors
• Traces 100 of changes
• Even those done without CMS
• All changes Native, IFS, PTF
• Programming
• Interface to PDM
• Auto backup
• Compare sources
• Restore source with original date and time

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Change Tracker vs. Change Management System (CMS)
Feature Change Tracker CMS
Track activity Automatic Human responsibility, error prone
Full tracking 100 No
Cost 7K 30K
Implementation Immediate Long, Complex
Auditor interaction by eMail
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Major Change Tracker Benefits

• Ensures the auditability and validity
• Changes within production libraries which cannot
  be circumvented as may occur when using a CMS
• Very rapid implementation
• Enables organizations to install, configure,
  implement and quickly benefit
• Full tracking of all change details
• Including creation, deletion, modifications,
  etc., ensures total accountability and
  transparency
• Instant status report generation
• Adds to auditor's productivity and throughput
• Change Tracker is competitively priced

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Potential market

• Large companies
• with ALDON - as complementary product
• with CMS - as complementary product ( foot in
  the door)
• without CMS - as initial poor mans CMS
  product foot in the door
• SMBs
• Change Tracker is the only affordable
  manageable product
• Should raise awareness for need of CMS

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