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IMS Index Builder for z/OS


Information Management software
Overview

IBM IMS Index Builder helps streamline index maintenance and recovery. It creates multiple indexes in one job step, eliminating the need to image copy indexes.

Key Features
  • Offers several features that improve overall performance and enhance ease of use.
  • Builds or rebuilds primary and secondary indexes quickly.
  • Allows the user to specify an optional output file where records needed for prefix resolution can be split off and written as they are read in.
  • Eliminates the need to image copy indexes.
  • Provides an ISPF front end for easy JCL generation.
  • Version 2.2 provides a service rollup of outstanding PTFs, including SCAN performance fix.

Program number: 5655-E24
Utilities Management - Full Function


Related Tools
IMS Database Recovery Facility
IMS High Performance Load
IMS High Performance Prefix Resolution
IMS High Performance Unload
IMS Parallel Reorganization

System Requirements

IMS Index Builder for z/OS, V2.3 requires:

  • IMS, Version 5 or later
  • z/OS or OS/390 operating system

For more information on system requirements, see the Program Directory on the Library page.


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Highlights

Customer Case Study: OGIS lowers TCO with IMS and DB2 tools from IBM


Technical details

Fact Sheet (PDF)

Product Life Cycle


Publications

Library

Redbooks: Ensuring IMS DB Integrity Using IMS Tools

Redbooks: IMS DB Tools: Database Manager Tools