What's new in IMS HP Pointer Checker

This topic summarizes the technical changes for this edition.

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Start of change

SC19-2401-05 (February 2021)

HD Pointer Checker (HDPC) enhancements
HD Tuning Aid (HDTA) enhancements
(APAR PI93975) IMS managed ACBs Support. For more information, see the following topics:
Space Monitor (SPMN) enhancements
(APAR PH24727) IMS OSAM data set encryption support.
End of change

SC19-2401-04 (July 2018)

(APAR PI73056) IMS 15 support.

HD Pointer Checker (HDPC) enhancements
Space Monitor (SPMN) enhancements
  • (APAR PI90966) New keyword, IMSCATHLQ, has been added for the PROC statement of the FABKCTL data set. Use this keyword when you run Space Monitor in an IMS environment where the IMS management of ACBs is enabled. For more information, see PROC statement.

SC19-2401-03 (February 2015)

(APAR PI27563) IMS HP Pointer Checker can run under IMS 14. The utilities of IMS HP Pointer Checker can process 8 GB OSAM data sets of HALDB.

HD Pointer Checker (HDPC) enhancements
  • (APAR PM97584) You can generate repair information records that you use as input to the ILK Repair utility (of IMS Database Repair Facility) to repair HALDB databases that have corrupted HALDB partition reorganization numbers, duplicate indirect list keys (ILKs), or potentially duplicate ILKs. For more information, see Repairing HALDB partition reorganization numbers and duplicate ILKs.
  • (APAR PI08977) The SENSOR_HOME=YES option for DB Sensor has been enhanced to collect an additional data element. For more information, see the description about the SENSOR_HOME keyword in PROC statement.
  • (APAR PI17805) You can specify the SMS parameters for dynamically allocating HD Pointer Checker work data sets in SMS environments. You can also estimate the sizes of work data sets that will be used in an HD Pointer Checker job before you run the pointer check job. For more information, see the following topics:

SC19-2401-02

  • (APAR PM21945) IMS 12 support.
  • (APAR PM75255) IMS 13 support.
HD Pointer Checker (HDPC) enhancements
  • (APAR PM28799) You can check the pointers that point to the logical records that contain non-unique keys in the overflow data set of a secondary index database. For more information, see Secondary index of non-HALDB.
  • (APAR PM46322) You can run HD Pointer Checker on OSAM data sets of IMS databases and image copy data sets that are allocated on extended address volumes (EAVs).
  • (APAR PM50160) You can use the Integrated DB Sensor to collect sensor data and store the data in the IMS Tools KB Sensor Data repository within HD Pointer Checker jobs. You can also use Space Monitor to monitor the latest space utilization of VSAM data sets of IMS online full-function databases within HD Pointer Checker jobs. For more information, see Collecting sensor data with the Integrated DB Sensor function and Calling Space Monitor.
  • (APAR PM61429) You can check whether HALDB partition reorganization numbers are corrupted, and whether incorrect indirect list keys (ILKs) exist. For more information, see the description of the DUPILKCHK keyword in PROC statement.
  • (APAR PM64745) You can check the pointers in IMS catalog databases. For more information, see FABPMAIN EXEC statement.
  • (APAR PM70216) You can use the Index Key Check function to check the index keys of databases that have /CK fields, which are defined by the SUBSEQ operand of the XDFLD statement. For more information, see the description of the IXKEYCKCHK keyword in PROC statement.
  • (APAR PM90989) You can request HD Pointer Checker to generate the HD Pointer Checker Message Summary report when HD Pointer Checker is called within IMS Database Reorganization Expert jobs or IMS Database Recovery Facility jobs.
Space Monitor (SPMN) enhancements
  • (APAR PM79078) You can specify the Space Monitor input control statements in the FABKCTL data set. FABKCTL supports keyword-style control statements, so coding the control statements in the FABKCTL data set is easier than coding the control statements in other data sets. For more information, see FABKCTL data set.

SC19-2401-01

Documentation changes by the following functional enhancements were also made to this edition:

  • (APAR PK74300) IMS 11 support.
HD Pointer Checker (HDPC) enhancements
  • (APAR PK73041) HD Pointer Checker supports Extended Address Volume (EAV). By this enhancement, several fields in the HD Pointer Checker reports are changed. For more information, see HD Pointer Checker enhancements.
  • (APAR PK96437) Several fields are added to the DB Record Distribution Statistics report and the Partition Statistics and Database Statistics report of HD Pointer Checker. For more information, see HD Pointer Checker enhancements.
  • The HASH Check function of the HD Pointer Checker utility can be used in IMS Online Reorganization Facility. For the HD Pointer Checker reports that can be printed in an IMS Online Reorganization Facility job, see HD Pointer Checker reports from IMS Online Reorganization Facility jobs.
  • (APAR PM15122 and PM16141) Additional HD Pointer Checker reports are enabled for IMS Tools KB. See HD Pointer Checker enhancements for the list of HD Pointer Checker reports that can be stored in IMS Tools KB.
Space Monitor (SPMN) enhancements
  • (APAR PK88523) Space Monitor supports VSAM data sets that are allocated on EAVs. For more information, see Space Monitor enhancements.
  • (APAR PK95690) Space Monitor supports extended-format VSAM data sets that are larger than 4 GB. For more information, see Space Monitor enhancements.
  • (APAR PM21360) Space Monitor can monitor IMS full-function database data sets. For more information, see Space Monitor enhancements.