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IMS Operator Training

Course Abstract: This course provides the skills to operate an IMS environment. Students will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of IMS concepts and functions.

Duration: 2 days

Primary Audience: Operations personnel.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with the basic concepts of operations.

Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Affect on-line transaction processing dynamically
• Describe components of the IMS Stage 1 generation
• Control and modify the various components and resources of an IMS system

Class Format: Lecture with hands-on exercises.

Cost: In-house: $3,400 for up to 15 students; $200 for each additional student.

Topics:

• Control Region, Message Regions and Queues
• Batch Message Processing Programs (BMPs) and Message Processing Programs (MPPs)
• Logical Terminals (LTERMs) and Physical Terminals (PTERMs)
• IMS Fast Path
• Hierarchical Databases and DL/I
• Checkpoint and Recovery
• MSC Link