IMS Control Suite

LabTalk Forum, March 99Guest Speaker: Geoff JacksonHosted by: Lightyear Consulting

IMS Control Suite, Topics

z What Is Control Suite, What Does It Do?z How Does Control Suite Work?z What Can Control Suite Be Used For?z How Do I Setup Control Suite?z What’s on the CS Main Panel?z Concepts and Terminology

What is the IMS ControlSuite; What Does it Do?

z Integrates IMS base utilities & performancez OEM independent (IBM, BMC, IDI, NEON)z Organizes by task, instead of by functionz ISPF front end to:

y Backup, Recover, Monitor, Reorg databasesy Manage IMS librariesy Perform LMU, Vsam Repair, & ‘Toolbox’

More About the Control Suite

z Provides on-demand space monitoringz Setup operation establishes database

groups/applications to be managedz Automatically generates JCLz Easy interface to DBRCz Can be configured to manage all, or just

some of your IMS databases

How Control Suite Works

z Focal Point for all database & serviceoperations

z Control Suite Groupsy related databasesy database applicationsy groups determined by dba

z CS Groups Defined in Setup Process

How is Control Suite Used?

z *IMPORTANT DISCUSSION TOPIC*

z Geoff to discuss other ways Control Suitecan be used: eg in test environments; asmonitoring tool; migration tool; and otherways

Control Suite ‘Setup’

z Where all needed database information iscollected

z Establishes database groups/applications tobe managed

z JCL is built for future use to backup,recover, monitor, reorg, recon maintenance

z Select products for which JCL is to bedetermined (IBM, IDI, BMC, NEON)

Control Suite Main Panel

z Setup operating environmentz Backup Databasesz Recover Databasesz Monitor/Reorganize Databasesz Maintain RECONz Perform Library Management maintenancez Use Toolbox

Setup Function Panel

zDefine Control Suite EnvironmentzCollect/Update CS Group DatazBuild Customized CS Group LibrarieszDisplay Built EnvironmentzIntegrate CS Groups into IMS Environment

Concepts & Terminology

z Control Suite Product:y SMP installed librariesy One CS per processory CS can be configured for multiple IMS

systems on a single processor

Concepts & Terminology

z Individual Control Suites:y Each IMS system corresponds to an individual

Control Suitey Can be built to support all or part of the IMS

system it is supportingy CS ID: Control Suite Identifiery Data needed to define Individual CS is via

SETUP process

Concepts & Terminology

z Control Suite Groups:z CS functions operate on a CS Group

instead of an individual databasez CS Group = set of related databases,

database applications, or other groupingyou determine