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IMS Data Sharing

  • Course Code CM50G
  • Duration 3 days

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£1,785.00

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Course Overview

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Learn about Information Management System (IMS) data sharing capabilities. Examine how multiple IMS systems on different processors can access and update the same databases with complete integrity.

Course Schedule

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Target Audience

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This is an advanced course for IMS system programmers and database administrators, who implement and manage IMS systems using data sharing.

Course Objectives

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  • Define IMS subsystems, Internal Resource Lock Manager (IRLM), and coupling facilities to use IMS data sharing
  • Design recovery procedures for failures in the data sharing environment
  • Understand application design considerations with IMS data sharing
  • Monitor the performance of a data sharing environment
  • Explain IRLM and coupling facility roles in support of IMS data sharing

Course Content

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  • Introduction to Data Sharing
  • Overview of Data Sharing Functions
  • Locking
  • Buffer invalidations and notifies
  • Installation and definition
  • Utilities
  • Normal operation
  • Recovery operations
  • Monitoring and diagnostic tools
  • Performance considerations
  • Batch considerations
  • Data sharing configurations and migration

Course Prerequisites

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You should complete:

  • IMS Database Recovery Control (DBRC) and Data Sharing (CM201) or
  • IMS Database Recovery Control (DBRC) and Data Sharing - Web (CMW20)
  • or have equivalent work experience

You should have working knowledge of IMS databases and the use of DBRC.

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