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This roadmap outlines the information and educational resources available for Information Management System (IMS™).
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IMS Version 10 (Type: Product description; Format: HTML)
This Web page describes the new features of IMS Version 10. |
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IMS Version 10 Fact Sheet (Type: Information center)
This Fact Sheet provides a high-level description of the new features of IMS Version 10. |
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IMS Version 10 Product Enhancements (Type: Classroom course)
Learn about the enhancements to IMS made available in IMS Version 10. |
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IMS SOA Integration Suite (Type: Product description; Format: HTML)
This Web page describes the IBM® IMS SOA Integration Suite, a collection of IMS middleware functions and tools that support your IMS on demand systems and your distributed IMS application environment. |
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IMS Overview for 2007 (Type: Presentation; Format: PPT)
This presentation describes IMS and its value, its strategies and solutions, and how customers are using it to solve problems. |
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IMS Trends and Directions 2007
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This presentation describes IMS strategy and direction for 2007.
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IBM Training path: Training paths for IMS
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Use this training path to see the courses you need to take to achieve this skill or certification. Click the course boxes to access a course description, view its schedule, and enroll.
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An Introduction to IMS (Type: Book; Format: HTML)
This book includes a brief history of IMS, as well as an overview its components and major functions. Although this book from IBM Press complements the IMS Version 9 documentation library, its content is also largely applicable to IMS Version 10. |
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Intro to IMS (Type: Classroom course)
Learn about the IMS facilities: the IMS Database Manager (IMS DB) and the IMS Transaction Manager (IMS TM). Learn how these facilities work together and how application programs interact with them in today's complex enterprise systems. |
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Changes to the IMS library for IMS Version 10
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This topic describes how the organization of the IMS Version 10 library is significantly different from that of earlier versions, and summarizes the contents of each book in the library. |
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IMS Fundamentals
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In this 3-day course, learn about the basic Information Management System (IMS) facilities: the IMS Database (IMS DB) and the IMS Transaction Manager (IMS TM). Explore how these facilities work together and how application programs interact with them in today's complex enterprise systems. |
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IMS newsletters
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The IMS Newsletter is published three times per year and features articles about the development and use of IMS. |
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Business Value of IMS and SOA: Better Together
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To encourage business growth while still keeping costs in check, many companies are searching for ways to increase the flexibility and reuse of their existing IT assets. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) offers a means to define services that represent a repeatable task, such as “check customer account,” using well-defined, standards-based interfaces. Learn how organizations across the globe rely on IMS to help maintain high availability, performance, capacity and integrity of critical online operational applications and data. IMS provides a connectivity infrastructure that you can use to integrate and reuse services within an SOA. |
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Customer Testimonials
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This Web page enables you to listen to IBM zSeries customers tell their own success stories. |
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IBM Software for System z™ Webcasts
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Check the listing for upcoming Webcasts or choose from among the various Webcast replays. |
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Converting databases to HALDB (Type: Information center)
This scenario describes how to convert different types of IMS databases to the High Availability Large Databases. |
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Planning for IMS Version 10 (Type: Information center)
These topics describe the new features and enhancements for IMS Version 10, the hardware and software requirements for these new features and enhancements, considerations for migration and coexistence for IMS Version 10, and an overview of the IMS Tools that are enhanced to work with IMS Version 10. |
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IMS Version 10 announcement letter (Type: Product description; Format: PDF)
This announcement letter includes planning information for IMS Version 10, including a technical description, educational support, key prerequisites, ordering information, terms and conditions, pricing information, ordering information, and more. |
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Program Directory for IMS Version 10 (Type: Manual; Format: PDF)
This document describes the material and procedures for installing IMS Version 10. |
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IMS Version 10 Implementation Guide (Type: IBM Redbooks®)
This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of the new functions and enhancements in IBM Information Management System (IMS) Version 10.
IMS helps you with On Demand Business enablement, growth, availability, and systems management that current and newer environments and cost measures require. IMS Version 10 helps in addressing your On Demand Business needs through integration and openness, manageability, and scalability. |
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| General planning for IMS Version 9 |
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Planning for IMS Version 9 (Type: Information center)
These topics describe the new features and enhancements for IMS Version 9, the hardware and software requirements for these new features and enhancements, considerations for migration and coexistence for IMS Version 9, and an overview of the IMS Tools that are enhanced to work with IMS Version 9. |
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IMS Version 9 announcement letter (Type: Product description)
This announcement letter includes planning information for IMS Version 9, including a technical description, educational support, key prerequisites, ordering information, terms and conditions, pricing information, ordering information, and more. |
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Program Directory for IMS Version 9 (Type: Manual; Format: PDF)
This document describes the material and procedures for installing IMS Version 9. |
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IMS Version 9 Implementation Guide: A Technical Overview (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication describes the new features and functions in IMS Version 9, the tasks necessary to exploit the features, and hardware and software requirements. This book also identifies migration, coexistence, and fallback considerations. |
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| Planning for specific IMS functions |
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Introduction to IMS V9 Integrated HALDB Online Reorganization (Type: Presentation; Format: PDF)
This IMS Technical Conference presentation provides an overview of the IMS Version 9 integrated HALDB Online Reorganization function. |
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IMS High Availability Large Database (HALDB) (Type: Classroom course)
Learn about the IMS High Availability Large Database (HALDB). Examine how databases can be migrated to HALDB and learn the advantages of using HALDBs. |
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IMS in the Parallel Sysplex Volume I: Reviewing the IMSplex Technology (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication is the first volume in a 3-volume series titled IMS in the Parallel Sysplex. These books describe how IMS exploits the Parallel Sysplex® functions and how to plan for, implement, and operate IMS systems that work together in a Parallel Sysplex. |
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IMS in the Parallel Sysplex Volume II: Planning the IMSplex Technology (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication is the second volume in a 3-volume series titled IMS in the Parallel Sysplex. These books describe how IMS exploits the Parallel Sysplex functions and how to plan for, implement, and operate IMS systems that work together in a Parallel Sysplex. |
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IMS in the Parallel Sysplex Volume III: Planning the IMSplex Technology (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication is the third volume in a 3-volume series titled IMS in the Parallel Sysplex. These books describe how IMS exploits the Parallel Sysplex functions and how to plan for, implement, and operate IMS systems that work together in a Parallel Sysplex. |
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Coupling Facility Configuration Options (Type: Article; Format PDF)
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IMS Installation Workshop (Type: Classroom course)
Learn how to successfully install and successfully maintain an IMS system, with insights on common problems, how to avoid them and how to correct them should they occur. In the hands-on lab, select an IBM-supported Version of IMS to install, and run the IMS Installation Verification Program (IVP) process in the environment of your choice. |
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Program Directory for IMS Version 10 (Type: Manual; Format: PDF)
This document describes the material and procedures for installing IMS Version 10. |
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Installing IMS (Type: Information center)
These topics describe how to prepare for an IMS Version 10 installation and how to run the IMS installation verification program (IVP). These topics also describe the sample applications that are provided with IMS. |
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IMS Installation and Maintenance Processes (Type: IBM Redbooks)
IMS continues to evolve with the ongoing demands of business. This IBM Redbook publication describes the different options available in the installation of IMS and IMS service maintenance. This book provides an overview of installation, the installation verification program (IVP), and system definition of IMS. |
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Program Directory for IMS Version 9 (Type: Manual; Format: PDF)
This document describes the material and procedures for installing IMS Version 9. |
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Release planning (Type: Information center)
These topics provide general information to help you evaluate and plan for IMS Version 10. These topics describe the new features and enhancements for IMS Version 10, hardware and software requirements, considerations for migration and coexistence, and an overview of the IBM IMS Tools that are enhanced to work with IMS Version 10. |
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Migrating to IMS HALDB (High Availability Large Database) (Type: Presentation; Format: PDF)
High Availability Large Databases (HALDBs) enable an IMS database to grow to many terabytes. This presentation describes the process and the options for migrating an existing IMS database to HALDB, including how to migrate databases that were partitioned by other means. The use of IBM IMS Tools, including the HALDB Conversion and Maintenance Aid, is also explained. |
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Converting databases to HALDB (Type: Information center)
This scenario describes how to convert different types of IMS databases to the High Availability Large Databases. |
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Segment Compression: A Guide to IMS Hardware Data Compression (Type: Article; Format: PDF)
This paper is an overview of how to use hardware data compression with IMS databases. It explains how you define compression exit routines and how IMS implements their use. |
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IMS exit routines (Type: Information center)
These topics provide reference information for the exit routines that you can use to customize IMS database, system, transaction management, IMSplex, Base Primitive Environment, Common Queue Server, and integrated IMS Connect environments. |
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IMS Administration (Type: Information center)
These topics describe how to monitor, tune, operate, recover from problems, and manage security in an IMS Version 10 environment. |
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IBM Training path: IMS Database Administration (Type: Certification)
Use this training path to see the courses you need to take to achieve this skill or certification. Click the course boxes to access a course description, view its schedule, and enroll. |
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IMS Control Center (Type: Information center)
These topics describe how to install, set up, and use the IMS Control Center to manage your IMS systems from a workstation. The IMS Control Center is part of the IBM DB2R V9 Control Center. |
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The Complete IMS HALDB Guide: All You Need to Know to Manage HALDBs (Type: IBM Redbooks)
High Availability Large Databases (HALDBs) enable an IMS database to grow to many terabytes. This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of HALDB and its uses, including migration from non-HALDB databases, application considerations, and HALDB database administration. |
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Reorganizing Databases Using IMS Tools: A Detailed Look at the IBM IMS High Performance Tools (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication describes different approaches for reorganizing IMS full-function databases, and describes how to use the IMS High Performance utilities set of products and the IMS Parallel Reorganization product. This book also describes the IMS Database Control Suite product, which provides functions for reorganization and can be used as a focal point for all your database administration tasks. |
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Using IMS Data Management Tools for Fast Path Databases (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication describes IBM IMS Data Management Tools for Fast Path databases and provides examples of how to use them. The IMS Fast Path Basic Tools, IMS Fast Path Online Tools, and IMS DEDB Fast Recovery are the main focus, but the IMS Database Control Suite, IMS Image Copy Extensions, and IMS Database Repair Facility are also described. |
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IMS Database Recovery Control (DBRC) and Data Sharing. (Type: Classroom course)
Learn all aspects, including installation, implementation, and management of IMS Database Recovery and Sharing Control (DBRC), an IMS facility that provides database recovery in all IMS environments. |
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Ensuring IMS Database Integrity using IMS Tools (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication describes a collection of IBM Data Management Tools for IMS that provide functions for controlling, validating, recovering, and repairing IMS data. |
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IMS Connectivity in an On Demand Environment: A Practical Guide to IMS Connectivity (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of the IMS Open Transaction Manager Access (OTMA) function and information about IMS Connect and its usage, including a chapter that describes the IMS Connect Extensions product and how you can enhance the IMS Connect operating environment with it. This book also provides a broad understanding of IMS Connector for Java (now called IMS TM Resource Adapter) and IMS SOAP Gateway. This book is an update to the information in the IBM Redbooks publication IMS e-business Connectors: A Guide to IMS Connectivity (SG24-6514). |
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IMS Connectivity and Web Enablement Workshop (Type: Classroom course)
What technology can you use for Web enabling your IMS? What considerations should you use to determine the appropriate technology for your installation? Come prepared with questions for your specific environment. Learn the details and technical information specifics that you need to set up and administer IMS communications and to enable existing IMS transactions and IMS databases using Java™ for Web-based application system processing. Learn about the parallel sysplex environment, how to take advantage of today's technology, and address a very important consideration in today's Web world: security. |
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IMS and Web Services Workshop (Type: Classroom course)
Learn through a combination of presentations and lab exercises the ways to exploit your IMS business processing of assets by using Web Services and remote data access technology. This Proof of Technology has three parts: configuration of IMS Connect to show TCP/IP connectivity to IMS; hands-on exercises using IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) for WebSphere Software to generate an IMS Web Service that can be deployed into an application server environment to access IMS Connect and IMS; configuration of the Information Integration Classic Federation (IICF) product on a z/OS server to access IMS. |
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IMS Connect and OTMA (Type: Classroom course)
Learn how IMS Open Transaction Manager Access (OTMA) and IMS Connect work and how to set them up. Acquire a comprehensive introduction and overview to OTMA and an explanation of Cross-system Coupling Facility (XCF) and associated macros. |
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IMS JDBC Connector (formerly IMS Java) Web site (Type: Product description)
IMS JDBC Connector application support enables you to write Java application programs that access IMS databases from IMS dependent regions, IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and OS/390, IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, and IBM DB2 for z/OS stored procedures. This Web site includes links to resources and provides recent news to help you write Java application programs. |
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IMS TM Resource Adapter (Type: Product description)
The IMS TM Resource Adapter (previously known as IMS Connector for Java) is part of the IMS SOA Integration Suite of middleware functions and tools. The IMS TM Resource Adapter enables you to quickly and easily create Java applications that access new and existing IMS transactions over the Internet. This Web site includes links to resources and provides recent news. |
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IMS SOAP Gateway - An SOA solution for IMS transactions (Type: Article; Format HTML)
IMS SOAP Gateway is part of the IMS SOA Integration Suite of middleware functions and tools, and is a Web service solution for IMS. IMS SOAP Gateway integrates IMS assets into a service-oriented architecture (SOA) by exposing an IMS transaction as a Web service in an on demand environment. |
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IMS Database Performing and Tuning (Type: Classroom course)
Learn how to tune IMS databases for use in IMS/Batch, IMS/Data Communications (DC), CICS-Local-DL/I, and Database Control (DBCTL) environments. |
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IMS Transaction Manager Performance and Tuning (Type: Classroom course)
Learn the information you need to improve the performance of a large-scale IMS Data Communications (DC) system. This course describes IMS TM performance considerations as well as IMS and z/OS performance issues. |
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IMS Performance and Tuning Guide (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication provides IMS performance monitoring and tuning information. This book describes how certain options can affect the performance of IMS. |
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developerWorks® technical library for IMS
developerWorks is the technical resource center for developing applications for IMS, including technical articles, tutorials, documentation, and support. |
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Implementing and Testing SOA on IBM System z: A Real Customer Case (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication describes helping a major worldwide customer in the automotive industry to validate and justify a service-oriented architecture (SOA) implementation. The customer wanted to: add new business values to work with its partners by adding new data models; modernize an infrastructure by adding new Internet interfaces; and eradicate an obsolete programming language. |
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IMS e-business Connectors: A Guide to IMS Connectivity (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication provides a practical guide to IMS connectivity. This book updates IMS e-business Connect Using the IMS Connectors, SG24-5427, and also covers new, related products, versions, and methods that recently have become available. This book will help you install, tailor, and configure your IMS Version 7 (or later) systems to be accessible from the Internet by using open protocols, thereby making your IMS systems more widely accessible. |
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IBM Training path: Application Programming (Type: Certification)
Use this training path to see the courses you need to take to achieve this skill or certification. Click the course boxes to access a course description, view its schedule, and enroll. |
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IBM Training path: IMS System Programming (Type: Certification)
Use this training path to see the courses you need to take to achieve this skill or certification. Click the course boxes to access a course description, view its schedule, and enroll. |
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IMS On Demand Integration Solutions for a Service-oriented Architecture (Type: Presentation; Format: PDF)
IBM has modernized its IMS database and transaction management system to address openness and integration challenges in today's On Demand world. This session describes IMS solutions and how to extend IMS applications and data to the Internet and Intranet and into the world of Java, EJBs, and XML. Also discussed are application developer tools for building IMS On Demand solutions, XML database support in IMS, and future directions. |
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IMS System Programming: DBCTL (Type: Classroom course)
Learn all aspects of system programming IMS Database Control (DBCTL), an IMS facility that provides an IMS database subsystem that can be attached to CICS. |
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IMS System Database and Transaction Management (Type: Classroom course)
IMS is IBM's premier transactional and hierarchical database management system for critical online operational and e-business applications and data, enabling high availability, information integration, management, and scalability. Get a detailed description of the activities required to install, tailor, maintain, and support an IMS system. Additionally, learn about aspects of the IMS architecture and internal structure that support database and transaction management. |
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Implementing IMS security (Type: Classroom course)
Learn how to implement security for IMS by using Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) as the external security manager, the Security Maintenance utility (SMU), and the installation-provided security exit routines. |
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IMS database security (Type: Information center)
These topics describe how to establish database security. These topics are from the IMS Database Administration Guide. |
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IMS online system security (Type: Information center)
These topics describe how to establish resource security for an IMS online system. These topics are from the IMS System Administration Guide. |
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IBM Data Encryption Tool for IMS and DB2 Databases, V1.1 (Type: Presentation; Format: PDF)
This presentation provides an overview of data security and data encryption with IBM Data Encryption Tool for IMS and DB2 Databases, V1.1. |
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APARs (Type: Download)
This Web page displays the current list of IMS APARs. Each APAR contains links to associated PTFs, which you can order as needed. |
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IMS Product Support (Type: Download)
This Web page provides centralized information to help you troubleshoot problems with IMS. It includes downloadable PTFs, links to communication tools with user communities and forums, assistance in submitting problems, links to product information and IBM Redbooks publications, and more. |
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Getting fixes (Type: Information center)
Use this topic to find and get PTFs to resolve problems with IMS. |
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| Technical information to help solve problems |
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LookAt (Type: Error message)
Search for information about IMS messages and codes by using the LookAt tool. |
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IMS Diagnostic Approaches (Type: Classroom course)
Learn the IMS software diagnostic process and what documentation is required to solve IMS software problems. IMS address space and Task Control Block (TCB) structures, along with associated IMS control block structures, are examined to provide you with a roadmap to maneuver through the diagnostic maze. Focus is given to using Interactive Problem Control System (IPCS) and the IMS Interactive Dump Formatter, to familiarize you with IMS dumps. |
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Troubleshooting IMS (Type: Information center)
These topics help you diagnose, recover from, and resolve problems. |
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IMS messages and codes (Type: Information center)
These topics provide detailed descriptions of the messages and codes that are issued by IMS. |
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Current list of technotes (Type: Technote)
This Web page displays a list of the most current Support technotes, which answer frequently asked questions and provide other useful information. |
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Current list of Technical Sales Documents (Type: Technote)
This site provides access to the Technical Sales Support organization's technical information databases. This site gives you access to the most current installation, planning, and technical support information available from IBM pre-sales support, and is constantly updated. You can browse or search these databases by date, document number, product, platform, and keywords. |
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Database Recovery and Sharing Control (Type: Classroom course)
This course describes all aspects of the IMS Database Recovery Control (DBRC), an IMS facility that provides database recovery for all IMS systems. Topics include installation, implementation, and management. |
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| Newsgroups and forums for sharing IMS information |
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IMS Database Discussion list by University of Missouri (Type: Forum)
This newsgroup provides a forum for sharing information about IMS. |
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Data Recovery Now and Future Using IBM's Recovery Tools (Type: Presentation)
This presentation reviews all types of data recovery, IBM's current recovery offerings, and IBM's recovery tooling philosophy, including autonomic functions and high priority requirements. |
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Supporting On Demand Business Applications with the IBM Problem Determination Tools (Type: IBM Redbooks)
This IBM Redbooks publication introduces the IBM Problem Determination and Deployment Tools for z/OS and OS/390. |
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Troubleshooting overview (Type: Information center)
These topics provide information about how to troubleshoot a problem with your IBM software, including instructions for searching knowledge bases, getting fixes, and contacting IBM Software Support. |
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Software Support Handbook (Type: Manual)
This document provides guidelines and reference material that you might need when you require IBM Software Support. |
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Support acronyms and other terms (Type: Manual)
This glossary lists acronyms and terms that are used frequently by IBM Software Support when solving customer problems. |
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IMS glossary (Type: Information center)
This glossary contains IMS terms. |
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Changes to the IMS library for IMS Version 10 (Type: Information center)
This topic describes how the organization of the IMS Version 10 library is significantly different from that of earlier versions, and summarizes the contents of each book in the library. |
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IMS commands (Type: Information center)
These topics provide reference information for the IMS commands and z/OS commands that have a specific use in IMS. |
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IMS database utilities (Type: Information center)
These topics provide reference information for the utilities that you can use with IMS databases. |
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IMS system utilities (Type: Information center)
These topics provide reference information for the utilities that you can use with an IMS system. |
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IMS exit routines (Type: Information center)
These topics provide reference information for the exit routines that you can use to customize IMS database, system, transaction management, IMSplex, Base Primitive Environment, Common Queue Server, and integrated IMS Connect environments. |
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IMS newsletters (Type: Article; Format: HTML and PDF)
The IMS Newsletter is published three times per year and features articles about the development and use of IMS. |
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Send documentation feedback (Type: Other)
We welcome your feedback about any of the books, online help, wizards, or information center topics for Information Management products. Your comments are sent to the authors to help improve IBM product information. |
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