Getting started
The BMC AMI Fast Path Online Restructure for IMS product is an application enhancement tool that is included in the BMC Fast Path/EP products.
The Fast Path/EP products consist of the following products:
- Fast Path Analyzer/EP
- BMC AMI Fast Path Indexer for IMS
- BMC AMI Fast Path Online Analyzer for IMS
- BMC AMI Fast Path Online Image Copy for IMS
- BMC AMI Fast Path Online Reorg for IMS
- BMC AMI Fast Path Online Restructure for IMS
- Fast Path Reorg/EP
These products deliver a range of functions for reorganizing databases, managing spaces, and associating indexes with Fast Path databases.
With BMC AMI Fast Path Online Restructure for IMS, you change the structure of a data entry database (DEDB) while the database is online to the IBM IMS system. After reading an area directly from DASD, the product writes the restructured DEDB directly to DASD. Writing directly to DASD can potentially reduce processing time and downtime.
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