CPC components

Console

The console is the graphical user interface (GUI). The console runs on a client workstation under the Microsoft Windows operating system and communicates with the UIM server through TCP/IP technology.

UIM server

The UIM server resides on the mainframe and handles communication between the console and BMC console-enabled mainframe products and features.

IPT server

The IPT server is the BMC System Administration for IMS product server. BMC System Administration for IMS uses the IPT server to communicate with the UIM server, IPT repositories, IMS subsystems, and IMS databases.

IPT repositories

The IPT repositories are VSAM data sets. The IPT repositories store information used by BMC System Administration for IMS for processing information.

BCSS/CPC subsystem

The BCSS subsystem manages APF-authorized functions and performs processing for intercepted MVS requests. If CPC was installed with BCSS, console-enabled BMC products for IMS can share a BCSS with other BMC products. Always use the latest version of the BCSS subsystem. To determine whether an earlier version of BCSS is installed on your system, use the BCSCHECK program. For more information about the BCSCHECK program, see the BMC Software Subsystems User Guide.

BMC recommends that the BCSS/CPC subsystem always remain active. However, you must terminate a subsystem to install maintenance modules for that subsystem.

IMS subsystems

Console-enabled BMC products for IMS retrieve information about active IMS subsystems and the databases that are defined to the IMS subsystems. The information is used by the products during processing.