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IMS Training Career path
Certification Details
Pattern of Certification Exam
Sharing IMS Version details and Manuals
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Basic Introduction of IMS DB / DC Concepts
Difference between DBCTL , DCCTL and DB/DC CTL
IMS Control Region and IMS Address spaces
DLI/I Control Blocks (DBD, PSB, ACB)
Database Creation DBD
PSB Creation PSB
ACB Creation
Processing Options
SSA'S - Qualified and Unqualified
Function codes
Command codes
Applicaton Program overview
Programming Examples
Concepts of Secondary Indexing and Logical relationship and Implementation
IMS JCL coding and System Datasets
DDLT0 Sample Test Program
Lab Exercise
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HDAM
HIDAM
HSAM
HISAM
GSAM
Datset Groups
Choosing between VSAM / OSAM for Dataset Groups
Lab Exercise
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PHDAM
PHIDAM
How to create Partitioning Databases
Lab Exercise
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Overview
When to Reorganize Databases - Reactive and Proactive Reorgs
Offline Reorg and Offline Reorg
Reorg Process for different kind of databases
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HISAM REORGANIZATION UNLOAD
HISAM REORGANIZATION RELOAD
HD REORGANIZATION UNLOAD
HD REORGANIZATION RELOAD
PARTIAL DB REORGANIZATION
DB PRE-REORGANIZATION
DB SCAN
DB PREFIX RESOLUTION
DB PREFIX UPDATE
INDEX BUILDER UTILITY
POINTER CHECKER UTILITY
DBD MAPPER UTILITY
PSB MAPPER UTILITY
Lab Exercise
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Overview of the Database Recovery Process
IMS Backup and Recovery Utilities
Database Image copy Utility
Database Change Accumulation Utility
Database Recovery Utility
Batch Backout Utility
Lab Exercise
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Difference between IMS DB and IMS DC
Resources that IMS-DC Controls - Application Resources and Data Communications Resources
Data Communications Messages
IMS DB/DC Operating Environment
IMS Control Region , Message Processing Regions and BMP Message Processing Regions
Message Processing
Flow of Information through the System
Sending Information to Terminals and Other Terminals
Program to Program Message Swtitching
IMS Message Scheduling Techniques
Overview of Conversational Programming
Overview of Sample Message Processing Program
IO-PCB
Alternative PCB
SPA - Scrath Pad Area
MFS Components - MID , MOD , DIF and DOF
Lab Exercise - How to test the Screen in the Online Region, Sample Transaction and Online Program
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STAGE 1 Process
STAGE 2 Process
JCLIN Processing
Concepts of ETO
Dynamic Resource Defination
IMS Online Configuration Changes PSB , ACB , FORMAT
IMS Commands - Starting Region , Stopping Region , Stopping Databases , Starting Databases , DBR Databases , DISPLAY status and others
DSECTS
Lab Exercise
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Overview of IMS System Logging
IMS System Checkpoints
IMS Log Datasets
Online Log Datasets
Write-Ahead Datasets
System Log Datasets
Recovery Log Datasets
IMS Restart Dataset
IMS Log Buffers
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Overview of DBRC and DBRC Tasks
DBRC Components - RECON , DATABASE RECOVERY CONTROL UTILITY (DSPURX00) , SKELETAL JCL
Overview of RECON Datasets
Defining and Creating RECON Datsets
Initializing RECON Datasets
Allocating the RECON Datasets to IMS System
Maintaining the RECON Datasets
Reorganizing RECON Datasets
Re-Creating RECON Datasets
Recommendations for RECON Datasets
DBRC Commands
DBRC Functions
Lab Exercise
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Overview of DEDB
Overview of MSDB - Terminal and Non Terminal
Performance Features and Expedited Message Handling
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IMS DBD Changes , IMS PSB Changes ( Batch and Online ) , IMS ACLIB
IMS Abends and Fixes
Testing activities for IMS related to z/OS migration , IMS Version migrations as well as related to IBM tools upgrade to be compatible to IMS new versions for all the systems
Disaster Recovery testing activities as well as paper walk through for IMS.
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Questions and Answers
Interview Questions
Resume Preparation
Mock Interview