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    IMS Fundamentals

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    Learn about the basic Information Management System (IMS) facilities: the IMS Database System 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. This course has 30 hours of instruction.

    IMS Fundamentals
    Table of contents
    1. Short Summary
    2. Modality
    3. Cost
    4. Publish date
    5. Retire date
    6. Duration
    7. Agenda
    8. Objectives
    9. Brand/Department
    10. Product
    11. Skill Level
    12. Key Topics
    13. Audience
    14. Labs
    15. Follow-on Courses
    Short Summary

    This is a basic course for users who want a basic understanding of the IMS Database and IMS/TM products. Data processing individuals who work with or manage an IMS system (Database (DB), Database...

    Modality

    Classroom or Instructor-led online

    Cost

    paid

    Amount

    300

    Publish Date

    July 20, 2002

    Retire Date

    July 30, 2028

    Duration

    24 hours

    Agenda
    • IMS Database Fundamentals
    • Accessing IMS Databases - DL/I Calls
    • IMS Hierarchic Access Methods
    • Additional IMS Database Functions
    • IMS Transaction Manager
    • IMS Transaction Message processing
    • IMS Fast path
    • Connecting IMS to Other Systems
    • Enhancing IMS Availability
    • Business Integration of IMS Assets - SOA
    Objectives
    • Understand the components and benefits of an IMS Database system
    • Describe the processing of a database record in hierarchic sequence
    • Identify the different IMS database organization types
    • Understand the differences between Database Description (DBD) and Program Specification Block (PSB) control blocks
    • Contrast the requirements and effects of sequential versus direct access of database segments
    • Explain the reasons for the use of secondary indexes and logical relationships
    • Contrast full-function and Fast Path database organizations
    • List the basic IMS Data Communications functions of the IMS Transaction Manager (IMS/TM)
    • Identify the roles of messages, queues, and logical terminal names
    • Explain the different scheduling characteristics of the IMS/TM regions types: Message Processing, Batch Message Processing, and Interactive Fast Path
    • Describe the role of commit points in recovery and restart
    • Identify the functions of dynamic and batch backout, the system log and the benefits of periodically backing up a database
    • Explain the capabilities of a conversational program and its implications on processing and performance
    • Describe the function of Database Recovery Control (DBRC), Integrated Resource Lock Manager (IRLM) for data sharing and distributed processing
    • Understand how DB2 data can be accessed by IMS TM, IMS DB databases can be accessed through the DBCTL interface by CICS, and how IMS DB data and IMS TM transactions can be accessed from the internet
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    Brand/Department

    IBM Z - Information Management Solution

    Product

    IBM Information Management System (IMS)

    Skill Level

    Instructor: intermediate, Student: basic

    Key Topics

    CM01G, CM010G, CMW01G, zos, CM01

    Audience
    • This is a basic course for users who want a basic understanding of the IMS Database and IMS/TM products. Data processing individuals who work with or manage an IMS system (Database (DB)
    • Database/Data Communications (DB/DC)
    • or Database Control Subsystem (DBCTL)).
    Labs

    No

    Follow-on Courses

    Not provided.