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IMS Version 11 Overview
Find out about the exciting enhancements to IMS that come with IMS v11.
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3.61MB
      09/09
Tips to reestablish a connection with IMS Connect
In this blog entry, developers discuss what to do if your IMS Connect TCP/IP client application has trouble reestablishing a connection with IMS Connect after the connection was unexpectedly lost.
  HTML Format     08/09
40 years on, IBM IMS still going strong
This article in the Performance Perspectives Newsletter explains how IMS 11 enhancements ensure growth, efficiency, and resiliency. It explains how IMS continues to be the leader in transaction efficiency, breaking new barriers in technology after 40 years
  HTML Format     08/09
IMS Locking with Program Isolation or the IRLM
This white paper gives design advice in the area of IMS locking. This advice is given by first presenting an explanation of why and how IMS uses locking and then by explaining its implications for designs. Information on monitoring locking activity is included.
  HTML Format     08/09
IMS Solutions: Utilizing the IMS synchronous callout function to invoke a CICS Web service through IMS SOAP Gateway
This article describes how to implement synchronous callout in an IMS application to invoke an existing CICS Web service through the IMS SOAP Gateway.
  HTML Format     05/09
IMS OLDS Logging Bandwidth Using DS8000
SVL IMS Performance group has measured up to 135 MB per second OLDS logging data rate, compared with 33 MB per second using ESS Model 800.
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41KB
      03/09
Information On Demand Technical Conference Presentations: Fall 2008
2008 conference presentations in PDF format
  Link to PDFs     02/09
IMS Symposium Presentations: Fall 2008
2008 symposium presentations in PDF format
  Link to PDFs     02/09
IMS Update
This presentation provides an overview update of IMS strategy, key functions, new news for IMS 10 users, and what's next in IMS 11.
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757KB
      09/08
IMS v10: What's new since GA
Learn how you can use IMS Version 10 enhancements to provide solutions in your Web-based and high availability environment.
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302KB
      09/08
IMS Version 10 Performance Summary
This paper illustrates the performance characteristics of IMS Version 10.
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771KB
      08/08
IMS Connect Benchmark on System z10 Enterprise Class
The document is an evaluation of IMS Version 10 Connect (with performance APAR PK57574) benchmark running on System z10 Enterprise Class. The emphasis is on total transaction rate and the reduction in IMS Connect CPU utilization per transaction.
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17KB
      10/08
Migrating to IMS 10
Provides details about prerequisites and coexistence, installation and migration tasks, migration considerations, and the IMS V10 library.
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480KB
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7.9MB
07/08
IMS 10: TM and Connectivity enhancements
Provides details about MSC Enhancements, APPC Enhancements, Removal of BTAM Support, OTMA Enhancements, and IMS Connect Enhancements
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6.14MB
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6.73MB
07/08
Moving to the IMS Common Service Layer
Learn more about the Common Service Layer--an architecture to improve the systems management capabilities for IMS systems.
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1.47MB
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7.8MB
06/08
IMS 10 Transaction Manager and Connectivity Enhancements
This presentation provides important information about IMS 10 Transaction Manager and Connectivity Enhancements.
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6.3MB
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6.9MB
11/07
IMS Version 10 Overview
Find out about the exciting enhancements to IMS V10.
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456KB
      11/07
IMS: What's new and What's next
This presentation covers enhancements, solutions, and what's next, ensuring business growth in a challenging business environment.
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1.38MB
      11/07
The Power of IMS SOA Solutions
Find out more about SOA and IMS.
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2.4MB
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23.9MB
10/07
Information On Demand Technical Conference Presentations: Fall 2007
2007 conference presentations in PDF format
  Link to PDFs     10/07
IMS 10 and DBRC Enhancements
This presentation provides important information about IMS 10 DBRC Enhancements.
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902KB
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6.1MB
09/07
Maximize Availability with IMS 10 Dynamic Resource Definition and Online Change Enhancements
Learn about Dynamic Resource Definition and Availability Enhancements.
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3.01MB
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8.78MB
08/07
IMS Version 10 System Enhancements
The purpose of this presentation is to provide information about enhancements in IMS Version 10.
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1.23MB
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6.58MB
07/07
Position for IMS V10's Member Online Change with Global Online Change Migration
The purpose of this white paper is to describe the required migration tasks to transition from using Local Online Change to Global Online Change. While the primary focus will be on migration, the benefits of Global Online Change will be discussed and its commands will be summarized.
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572KB
      07/07
An IMS Overview of the Business Value of IMS
Listen and read about the enhancements and business value delivered with IMS Version 10.
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3.8MB
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39.1MB
06/07
IMS V9 What's new since GA
Learn how you can use IMS Version 9 enhancements to provide solutions in your Web-based and high availability environment.
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1.24MB
      04/07
IMS On Demand integration Solutions for a Service Oriented Architecture
This session overviews IMS solutions and how to extend IMS applications and data to the Internet/Intranet and into the world of Java, EJBs, and XML. Also discussed are application developer tools for building IMS On Demand solutions, XML database support in IMS, and future directions.
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2.73MB
      04/07
IMS SOAP Gateway – An SOA solution for IMS transactions
A description of IMS SOAP Gateway and the Web service solutions it provides using IMS.
  HTML Format     01/07
IMS Overview
What IMS is and the value it offers, its strategy and solutions, and how customers use it.
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1.38MB
      01/07
Information On Demand Technical Conference Presentations: Fall 2006
2006 conference presentations in PDF format
  Link to PDFs     11/06
IMS Trace Table Measurement
Document demonstrating some performance characteristics and observations of the performance impact of The IMS Trace Facility Table Traces.
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164KB
      10/06
IMS Product Update
IMS October 2006 Webcast
        10/06
IMS On Demand Database Access and IMS Control Center
An overview of IMS Database Access And Connectivity and the IMS Control Center.
        07/06
IMS Transaction Manager on Demand
An overview of IMS SOAP Gateway, IMS Connector for Java and IMS MFS Web support.
        07/06
Converting IMS Logically Related Databases DBDs to HALDB
This White Paper describes the changes to database descriptions (DBDs) that are required when an IMS database is migrated from a non-HALDB database type to HALDB.
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309KB
      07/06
IMS State of the Union Tridex
Learn about the state of IMS in 2006 as presented by Greg Lotko, Director of IMS Products, to TRIDEX, the New York City IMS user's group.
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6.4MB
      06/06
IMS and XML -- the perfect couple
IMS provides XML document processing with IMS applications, and storage of XML data in IMS databases.
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25KB
      06/06
Taking Autonomics to a New Level in IMS Version 9
IMS V9 further develops IMS autonomic capabilities, easing IMS operations and manageability.
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33KB
      06/06
IMS Full Function Database Design Guidelines
This document is intended to assist users in designing and tuning IMS full function databases. It provides advice on choosing parameters in DBDGEN. It explains the considerations one should understand in making these choices.
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434KB
      02/06
Solutions for IMS Connectivity
IMS provides a variety of solutions for providing access to IMS applications and data as Web services.
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1.2MB
      03/06
IMS Technical Conference Presentations: Fall 2005 2005 conference presentations in PDF format Link to PDFs       10/05
IMS Today * See how IMS V9 solutions can help your enterprise (presentation that corresponds to the Flash video) PDF icon, click to open the PDF
643KB
      10/05
IMS: The Best Protection Against Identity Theft A commentary on the contemporary value of IMS security in the wake of identity theft (white paper) PDF icon, click to open the PDF
19KB
      10/05
IBM WebSphere Information Integrator Classic Federation for z/OS in an IBM Information Management System (IMS) Environment How WebSphere II and IMS work together to provide distributed access to IMS data (white paper) PDF icon, click to open the PDF
530KB
      09/05
The Business Value of IMS V9 Learn about the business value of IMS V9 PDF icon, click to open the PDF
213KB
      07/05
OSAM: The Healthy Alternative to VSAM Why OSAM, an access method that can be used for IMS databases, is almost always preferred to VSAM. PDF icon, click to open the PDF
1.8MB
      08/05
IMS Version 9 Overview Find out about the exciting enhancements to IMS V9 PDF icon, click to open the PDF
5.7MB
      07/05
IBM DB2 and IMS Information Management Technical Conference 2005, Vienna IMS conference presentations in PDF format Link to PDFs       06/05
The Current State of IMS A White Paper from the IMS Product Director discussing IMS current status and future direction PDF icon, click to open the PDF
104KB
      05/05
IMS Version 9 HALDB Online Reorganization As a part IMS V9, HALDB Online Reorganization allows HALDB databases to remain available for update by applications throughout the reorganization process. IBM Techdoc Link to PDF       03/05
IMS V9 Installation & Migration Tips Planning information for installations migrating to IMS Version 9, including prerequisite software and APARs. IBM Techdoc Link to PDF       02/05
IMS V9 Value Brochure Summary brochure of the business value that IMS V9 provides.
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90KB
      01/05
Converting IMS/SMU Security to RACF with IMS Version 9 Presentation describing how all SMU usage can be replaced with RACF security
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1.9MB
      12/04
Using the APPC/OTMA Synchronous SMQ Support with IMS V8 This paper describes the IMS shared-message support in IMS Version 8 for APPC/OTMA synchronous transactions.
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375KB
      11/04
IMS Version 9 Performance Summary This paper illustrates the performance characteristics of IMS Version 9.
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900KB
      11/04
IMS Technical Conference Presentations: Fall 2004 2004 conference presentations in PDF format
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      11/04
IMS Version 9 Presentation Guide Find out about the exciting enhancements for IMS V9 PDF icon, click to open the PDF
4.7MB
      02/05
IMS is Strategic An executive level White Paper by the IMS Product Director describing how IMS continues to be vital for our customers and for IBM PDF icon, click to open the PDF
48KB
      06/04
IMS Service Highlights 2004 SHARE presentation that highlights IMS maintenance and product service PDF icon, click to open the PDF
5.4MB
      04/04
IMS HALDB Database Administration A presentation for database administrators that includes partitioning, reorganization, and recovery of HALDBs IBM Techdoc Link to PDF       03/04
Introduction to IMS V9 Integrated Online Reorganization IMS Technical Conference presentation about IMS V9 HALDB Online Reorganization PDF icon, click to open the PDF
147KB
      10/03
IMS Full Function Database Use of VSAM Buffer Pools Find out how VSAM builds buffer pools and subpools and how IMS assigns data sets to these pools   HTML Format     09/03
IMS Version 8 Highlights of IMS V8 enhancements PDF icon, click to open the PDF
428KB
      06/03
Migrating to IMS HALDB (High Availability Large Database A presentation highlighting the capabilities of HALDB   HTML format     05/03
IMS Shared Message Queues Implementation Considerations
An overview of implementation considerations for a successful migration to using IMS shared message queues. PDF icon, click to open the PDF
64KB

    05/03
Positioning IMS Version 7 and IMS Version 8 On zSeries
Describes the enhanced business value of IMS Version 7 and 8 PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
62KB
HTML format
    04/03
2003 IMS One-day Technology Seminar Presentations Presentations about IMS strategy and direction; see what's new with IMS Version 7; and highlights of IMS Version 8. PDF icon, click to open the PDF
225KB
      03/03
IMS Version 8 Performance Summary
A white paper summarizing IMS V8 performance
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101KB
      11/02
IMS Connect Strategy: Providing IMS Connectivity for a Millenium
A white paper summarizing IMS Connectivity directions PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
207KB
HTML format
    10/02
Z21 - IBM Storage Conference session
Find out about ultra high performance and availability using IMS, Parallel Sysplex, and the Enterprise Storage Server
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2.2MB
      09/02
Security Options and Considerations A whitepaper detailing the security options for IMS/Open Transaction Manager (OTMA), IMS Connect, and the MQSeries-IMS Bridge Application. PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
480KB
      07/02
Application Design and Programming with HALDB A presentation describing possible changes to make when migrating to HALDB 
  HTML format
    06/02
Tuning PSB Pools Containing Large PSBs for Scheduling Performance  A whitepaper on customer performance problems, specifically with severe scheduling delays, after migrating to Shared Queues. PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
40KB
      06/02
Analysis and Tuning of IMS Scheduling Using PWFI   PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
856KB
      05/02
DBRC RECON Security A white paper describing DBRC RECON Security PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
15KB
HTML format
    05/02
IMS BMPS and Batch Jobs Using DB2 in a Parallel Sysplex Article about IMS BMPS and batch jobs using DB2 in a Parallel Sysplex PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
13KB
HTML format
    05/02
IMS in a Parallel Sysplex A presentation on IMS in a Parallel Sysplex PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
540KB
      05/02
Using GENJCL.USER to Allocate IMS HALDB Data Sets Article about using GENJCL.USER to allocate IMS HALDB data sets PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
19KB
HTML format
    05/02
Using GENJCL.USER to Allocate IMS HALDB Data Sets Article about using GENJCL.USER to allocate IMS HALDB data sets PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
19KB
HTML format
    05/02
HALDB Documentation Updates A sneak preview of HALDB updates to the IMS documentation PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
86KB
      03/01
HALDB Migration: From PDB to HALDB Hints and Tips A customer presentation from the IMS Technical Conference Hamburg 2001 PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
3.6MB
      03/01
High Availability in an IMS Environment IMS XRF and Parallel Sysplex: A Positioning Paper PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
1MB
      01/01
IMS High Availability Large Database (HALDB) An overview of HALDB capabilities and benefits. PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
213KB
      10/00
IMS Database Buffer Handlers (A Performance and Tuning Point of View) An overview of full function buffer handlers and IMS Monitor reports
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411KB
       
IMS Version 6 Overview Introduces what's new in IMS V6 PDF icon, click here to open the PDF
1.92MB
       
IMS Monitor Report Learn how to check on the performance of your IMS system or to diagnosis performance problems.   HTML Format     11/00

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