IMS Library Integrity Utilities terminology
IMS™ Library Integrity Utilities information includes several unique terms that you need to understand before you begin to use IMS Library Integrity Utilities.
To make this information easier to read, the version and
release levels of IMS are abbreviated,
as follows:
- IMS Version 14 refers to IMS Version 14 Release 1 and IBM® IMS Database Value Unit Edition Version 14 Release 1.
- IMS Version 15 refers to IMS Version 15 Release 1 and IBM IMS Database Value Unit Edition Version 15 Release 1.
The various versions of IMS are referred to simply as IMS, except where distinctions among them must be made.
The following table summarizes the terminology used in this information.
| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ACB | Application control block |
| BPE | Base Primitive Environment |
| DBD | Database description |
| DBRC | IMS Database Recovery Control facility |
| DIF | Device input format |
| DOF | Device output format |
| DMB | Data management block |
| DMCB | DEDB master control block |
| DRD | Dynamic resource definition |
| LICON | IMS LIU Integrity Control |
| MFS | Message Format Services |
| MID | Message input descriptor |
| MOD | Message output descriptor |
| PSB | Program specification block |
| RDE | Registered DMB entry |
| RDDS | Resource definition data set |
| RECON | Recovery Control |
In this information, the following abbreviations are used for product and component names.
| Short name | Product name |
|---|---|
| IMS Administration Tool | IBM IMS Administration Tool for z/OS® |
| IMS Database Recovery Facility | IBM IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS: IMS Database Recovery Facility |
| IMS Database Reorganization Expert | IBM IMS Database Reorganization Expert for z/OS |
| IMS HP Fast Path Utilities | IBM IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS: IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities |
| IMS HP Image Copy | IBM IMS High Performance Image Copy for z/OS |
| IMS HP Load | IBM IMS High Performance Load for z/OS |
| IMS Library Integrity Utilities or IMS LIU | IBM IMS Library Integrity Utilities for z/OS (this product) |
| IMS Online Reorganization Facility | IBM IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS: IMS Online Reorganization Facility |
| Management Console | IBM Management Console for IMS and Db2® for z/OS |