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    IMS Shared Queues

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    This course is designed to teach students about a key availability and capacity enhancement to Information Management System (IMS) - the Shared Queues facility, which offers the ability to share full function message queues within a parallel sysplex environment. Also, learn about sharing Fast Path Expedited Message Handler (EMH) queues within a parallel sysplex environment.

    IMS Shared Queues
    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 an advanced course for experienced IMS programmers, IMS Database (DB) and Transaction Manager (TM) system administrators, IMS application designers, and IMS operations individuals who plan...

    Modality

    Classroom or Instructor-led online

    Cost

    paid

    Amount

    300

    Publish Date

    August 15, 2024

    Retire Date

    February 28, 2028

    Duration

    20 hours

    Agenda
    • Introduction
    • IMS, CQS, and Shared Queues Mainline Processing
    • Enabling Shared Queues
    • Special Considerations
    Objectives
    • Describe the hardware and software components of IMS Shared Queues
    • Understand how the initial IMS configuration impacts planning for the implementation of Shared Queues
    • Identify the key migration and operational considerations of IMS Shared Queues implementation
    • Implement, initialize, and access IMS Shared Message Queues (MSGQ) and Shared EMH Queues (EMHQ)
    • Describe how IMS queues, schedules and process transactions in a Shared Queues environment
    • Identify MSC and conversational processing considerations as well as log records associated with an IMS Shared Queues environment
    • Use IMS exits and XCF commands related to IMS Shared Queues
    • Tailor IMS system definitions and execution time parameters associated with IMS Shared Queues
    Brand/Department

    IBM Z - Information Management Solution

    Product

    IBM Information Management System (IMS)

    Skill Level

    Instructor: advanced, Student: intermediate

    Key Topics

    CM612G, CM611G, CMW61G, zos, CM611

    Audience
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  1. This is an advanced course for experienced IMS programmers
  2. IMS Database (DB) and Transaction Manager (TM) system administrators
  3. IMS application designers
  4. and IMS operations individuals who plan
  5. implement
  6. and support IMS Shared Queues.
    7. Labs

    No

    Follow-on Courses

    Not provided.