Tools for automated operations
You can use the Automated Operator Interface (AOI), the REXX SPOC API, and the time-controlled operations (TCO) to help you automate the IMS™ subsystem.
IMS operations can also be automated using Tivoli® NetView® for z/OS®. Because Tivoli NetView for z/OS is independent of IMS, it can gather information and issue commands that are not available to IMS.
IMS provides the following tools to help you automate your operations:
- Automated Operator Interface (AOI), of which there are two types:
- Type 1, available for the IMS DB/DC and DCCTL environments
- Type 2, available for all IMS environments (DB/DC, DCCTL, and DBCTL)
- REXX SPOC API, available in an IMSplex environment
- Time-controlled operations (TCO), available for IMS DB/DC and DCCTL environments
- IMS Automated Operator Interface (AOI)
The IMS Automated Operator Interface (AOI) lets an application program, using DL/I calls, issue most IMS operator commands and receive command responses. - REXX SPOC API
The REXX SPOC API allows REXX programs to submit IMS operator commands to an IMSplex, to retrieve command responses, and to subscribe to the Operations Manager (OM) for unsolicited system messages, which can include responses to commands issued from any SPOC in an IMSplex that are routed back through OM. - IMS time-controlled operations
The time-controlled operations (TCO) allows you to initiate time-driven procedures for any IMS operation.
Parent topic: Automated operations
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