Required BMC Software products

The AR/CTL products you need depend on the application program type:

  • A program that uses IMS or IMS compatible structures and calls requires AR/CTL for IMS. If you want to use the application reattach options with a batch DLI program, the AR/CTL BCF component is required.
  • A program that uses native VSAM requires AR/CTL for VSAM for easiest implementation and unrestricted support for VSAM data sets.
  • A program that needs to share a VSAM file with a CICS region requires AR/CTL for VSAM.
  • A program that uses local VSAM access services, including VSAM logging and dynamic backout, requires AR/CTL for VSAM.
  • A program that uses DB2 but does not use IMS requires AR/CTL for DB2.
  • A program that uses DB2 with IMS requires AR/CTL for IMS. AR/CTL for DB2 is optional; however, the AR/CTL functions that are specific to DB2 are available only with AR/CTL for DB2.
  • A program that uses QSAM files can use AR/CTL for DB2, AR/CTL for VSAM, or AR/CTL for IMS. If the program uses AR/CTL for IMS, it must execute program DFSRRC00.

Note

Any application program that starts with DFS or DSN are automatically excluded for ARC/CTL. This exclusion includes IMS and possibly DB2 IVPs.

 

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