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If you are new to BMC AMI Backup and Recovery for IMS, use this section to learn how to protect IMS databases and ensure their integrity, availability, and rapid recovery. The product combines the capabilities of four previously separate products—the Change Accumulation utility, Image Copy utility, Recovery Manager for IMS (RMGR), and Recovery utility for IMS—into a unified solution that simplifies end-to-end backup and recovery operations.

Who should use this section?

Use this section if you are a system programmer, database administrator, or IMS operations specialist new to the environment, looking for foundational guidance before working with the components, and responsible for the following tasks:

  • Protecting, maintaining, or restoring IMS databases
  • Evaluating the product to understand how its backup, recovery, IRM, and JCL capabilities fit your workflows

What you will learn

By using this section, you will perform the following tasks:

  • Understand the product’s core purpose and how it supports end-to-end IMS database protection
  • Learn what each major component (Backup, Recovery, IRM, JCL Generation) does and how they work together
  • Identify the correct component-level Getting started section
  • Review prerequisites and environment requirements
  • Easily find detailed configuration and operational procedures by becoming familiar with the documentation structure

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BMC AMI Backup and Recovery for IMS 5.2