What's new in IMS HP Prefix Resolution

This topic summarizes the technical changes for this edition.

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SC18-9230-05 (March 2016)

To support APAR PI51724, topics that explain the Diagnostic Aid program are added to the Troubleshooting section. See Diagnostics Aid when you use the Diagnostic Aid program to report IMS™ HP Prefix Resolution problems to IBM.

SC18-9230-04 (February 2015)

To support APAR PM84654, the following keywords are added. You can use these keywords to control the pipes that the HPPRPIPE service uses:
- PIPEBLKSZ
- PIPEDEPTH
- PIPEWAIT
For more information, see the following topics:
To support APAR PI06831, several DD statements and keywords are added. Also, a new report is introduced. For more information, see the following topics:
To support APAR PI12942, new DFSCTL DD statement is added. For more information, see the following topics:
- DD statements for Concurrent Prefix Update
- DD statements for Stand-Alone Prefix Update
To support APAR PI17770, new DEBUG control statement is added. For more information, see the following topics:
- Control statements for Stand-Alone Prefix Resolution
- Control statements for Concurrent Prefix Update
IMS HP Prefix Resolution is enhanced to support IMS Version 14 Release 1 by APAR PI27640.

SC18-9230-03

IMS HP Prefix Resolution supports Tools Base IMS Tools Knowledge Base. You can store the reports that are generated by IMS HP Prefix Resolution in the Output repository of IMS Tools Knowledge Base. For more information, see Configuring the IMS Tools Knowledge Base server.

SC18-9230-02

IMS HP Prefix Resolution supports IMS Version 11 and IMS Version 12.

SC18-9230-01

IMS HP Prefix Resolution supports IMS Version 10.
A new control statement, HPPRBH, is added for the Stand-Alone Prefix Update and the Concurrent Prefix Update functions. For details, see Control statements for Stand-Alone Prefix Update and Control statements for Concurrent Prefix Update.
Two new DD statements, DFSRESLB and DFSVSAMP, are added for the Stand-Alone Prefix Update and the Concurrent Prefix Update functions. For details, see DD statements for Stand-Alone Prefix Update and DD statements for Concurrent Prefix Update.
New topics that explain the site default options are added. For details, see Site default options.