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IBM’s definitive one-stop guide to IMS Version 12, 11, and 10: for every IMS DBA, developer, and system programmer
Over 90% of Fortune 1000 companies rely on IBM’s Information Management System (IMS) for their most critical IBM System z data management needs: 50,000,000,000+ transactions run through IMS databases every day. What's more, IBM continues to upgrade IMS: Versions 12, 11, and 10 meet today’s business challenges more flexibly and at lower cost than ever before. In An Introduction to IMS, Second Edition, leading IBM experts present the definitive technical introduction to these versions of IMS.
More than a complete tutorial, this book provides up-to-date examples, cases, problems, solutions, and a complete glossary of IMS terminology. Prerequisite reading for the current IBM IMS Mastery Certificate Program, it reflects major recent enhancements such as dynamic information generation; new access, interoperability and development tools; improved SOA support, and much more. Whether you’re a DBA, database developer, or system programmer, it brings together all the knowledge you’ll need to succeed with IMS in today’s mission-critical environments.
Coverage includes
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I: Overview of IMS
Chapter 1 IMS: Then and Now
Chapter 2 Overview of the IMS Product
Chapter 3 Access to and from IMS
Chapter 4 IMS and z/OS
Chapter 5 Setting Up and Running IMS
Part II: IMS Database Manager
Chapter 6 Overview of the IMS Database Manager
Chapter 7 Overview of the IMS Hierarchical Database Model
Chapter 8 Implementing the IMS Hierarchical Database Model
Chapter 9 Data Sharing
Chapter 10 The Database Reorganization Process
Chapter 11 The Database Recovery Process
Part III: IMS Transaction Manager
Chapter 12 Overview of the IMS Transaction Manager
Chapter 13 How IMS TM Processes Input
Part IV: IMS Application Development
Chapter 14 Application Programming Overview
Chapter 15 Application Programming for the IMS Database Manager
Chapter 16 Application Programming for the IMS Transaction Manager
Chapter 17 Editing and Formatting Messages
Chapter 18 Application Programming in Java
Part V: IMS System Administration
Chapter 19 The IMS System Definition Process
Chapter 20 Customizing IMS
Chapter 21 IMS Security
Chapter 22 IMS Logging
Chapter 23 Database Recovery Control Facility
Chapter 24 Operating IMS
Chapter 25 IMS System Recovery
Chapter 26 IBM IMS Tools
Part VI: IMS in a Parallel Sysplex Environment
Chapter 27 Introduction to Parallel Sysplex
Chapter 28 IMSplexes and the IMS Common Service Layer
Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A Glossary
Appendix B Notices
Overview
IBM’s definitive one-stop guide to IMS Version 12, 11, and 10: for every IMS DBA, developer, and system programmer
Over 90% of Fortune 1000 companies rely on IBM’s Information Management System (IMS) for their most critical IBM System z data management needs: 50,000,000,000+ transactions run through IMS databases every day. What's more, IBM continues to upgrade IMS: Versions 12, 11, and 10 meet today’s business challenges more flexibly and at lower cost than ever before. In An ...