Product features

The product has the following features:

• Ensures that an IMS system is restarted correctly and that database integrity is fully maintained
• Causes minimal IMS system start-up overhead
• Fully supports the database access methods and features available in IBM IMS/ESA systems
• Ensures the integrity of the additional RDS and MSDB checkpoint data sets used in an IMS-XRF environment for IMS/ESA

• Provides complete, automated recovery of IMS databases

  The IMS database recovery utilities are used for MSDBs and Full-Function databases. Full-Function batch backout is limited to OLDS allocation. RCF is designed to use the BMC Software Fast Recovery Utility product (FRU) for DEDBs.

• Provides a window for MSDB maintenance activities
• Rationalizes and controls the back-up of all MSDB related data sets
• Provides automatic determination of IMS system resource and database status, and dynamic allocation of required data sets, thus eliminating potential errors

• Requires no source code modifications to any user or IMS program or control block

  Because IMS program integrity is not affected, no new exposures are introduced.

• Provides automatic notification to DBRC of an IMS abnormal termination