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IMS Version 13
IMS 13 System Enhancements
and Migration
Diane Goff IBM IMS Advanced Technical Skills
IMS Version 13
IMS 13 General Availability Announced!
IMS 13 GA announced on 10/1/2013
for availability on 10/25/2013
IMS Version 13
IMS System Topics
IMS Connect Enhancements
Concurrent Application Threads
Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
IMS Command Enhancements
IMS CQS Enhancement
IMS DRD Enhancement
IMS User Exit Enhancements
IMS Security Enhancements
/DIAG Command Enhancements
EAV Enhancement for GSAM
U240 timeout in an ESS call
Migration
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IMS Connect Enhancements
XML Converter Enhancements
Auto-restart of the Language Environment (LE)
Expanded Recorder Trace Records
Use of RACF Event Notification Facility (ENF) Support for
cached RACF UserIDs (UID)
Reporting of overall health to Workload Manager (WLM)
Configurable TCP/IP backlog (queue) size
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XML Converter Enhancements
Support for extending the current limit of 100 up to 2000 for the maximum number of XML converters
• New IMS Connect configuration parameter MAXCVRT
ADAPTER(…, MAXCVRT= value)
• IMS 12 (PM64487 / UK79728)
Capability to view converters that are currently loaded
– New Type-2 Command: QUERY IMSCON TYPE(CONVERTER)
• Requests detailed information about XML converters in IMS Connect
Benefits
– Enhances the flexibility of converter usage
• Directly impacts IMS Soap Gateway environments
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Auto-restart of the Language Environment (LE)
Automated mechanism to reinitialize the Language Environment when an XML converter ABENDs
– Without restarting IMS Connect
– Converters will be reloaded as they are needed
Automatic refresh of the BPE User Exit for the XML Adapters (HWSXMLA0) after the ABEND limit ABLIM has been reached
Benefit
– Improved efficiencies during error conditions
• Eliminates IMS Connect restart and user interactions
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Expanded Recorder Trace Records
The Recorder trace records have been expanded to:
– Capture entire messages sent and received using:
• All TCP/IP communications
– Including DRDA sockets and ISC TCP/IP
• SCI (OM, ODBM, MSC, and ISC communications)
• Requires a Trace Level HIGH and use of the external trace data set
UPDATE TRACETABLE NAME(RCTR) OWNER(HWS) LEVEL(HIGH) EXTERNAL(YES | NO)
Benefits
– Improved diagnostics and problem determination
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RACF Event Notification Facility (ENF) Support
Background
– IMS Connect V12 provided the option to cache RACF UserIDs (UIDs) along with a command to refresh them
IMS Connect V13: RACF ENF Support for Cached UserIDs (UID)
– Automatically refreshes cached UIDs by listening to RACF events (ENF signals) indicating that a change has been made to a UID
– NOTE: This function applies only when RACF UID caching has been enabled in IMS Connect
Benefit
– Allows IMS Connect to listen for certain RACF events indicating that a change has been made to a specific UserID
• Avoids manual intervention
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Reporting of Overall Health to WLM
WLM (Workload Manager) Health Report
– New function to automatically report the overall health of IMS Connect
• Allows Sysplex Distributor to use and take into account this
information for workload balancing
Benefit
– Allows WLM to know when resources are constrained or available
– Minimizes the possibility of Sysplex Distributor assigning work that IMS
Connect is unable to handle
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Configurable TCP/IP backlog (Queue) size
New parameter TCPIPQ
– Allows users to configure the length of the queue in TCP/IP for
connection requests that have not yet been assigned a socket.
• Connection requests are held on this queue until IMS Connect
can assign a socket
– Overrides the default which is equal to the maxsoc value
– Actual value used is the smaller of IMS Connect’s TCPIPQ value and
SOMAXCONN in TCP/IP
Benefit
– Provides a configurable option to increase the backlog queue size in
TCP/IP
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Summary of IMS Connect Enhancements
XML Converter Enhancements
– Enhances the flexibility of converter usage
• Directly impacts IMS Soap Gateway environments
Auto-restart of the Language Environment (LE)
– Improved efficiencies during error conditions
• Eliminates IMS Connect restart and user interactions
Expanded Recorder Trace Records
– Improved diagnostics and problem determination
• Avoids manual intervention
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Summary of IMS Connect Enhancements ...
RACF Event Notification Facility (ENF) Support for cached RACF UserIDs (UID)
– Allows IMS Connect to listen for certain RACF events indicating that a change has been made to a specific UserID
Reporting of overall health to Workload Manager (WLM)
– Allows WLM to know when resources are constrained or available
– Minimizes the possibility of Sysplex Distributor assigning work that IMS Connect is unable to handle
Configurable TCP/IP backlog (queue) size
– Provides a configurable option to increase the backlog queue size in TCP/IP to be greater than 50
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Overall Value of IMS Connect Enhancements
Enhanced usability while providing better performance and diagnostics
Increased resiliency to Abnormal Ends (ABENDs)
Improved usability and manageability
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Concurrent Application Threads Enhancement
Partition Specification Table (PST) used for
– Active dependent regions (MSG/BMP/IFP/JMP/JBP)
– CICS/DBCTL threads
– Open Database Access threads
Customers continue to require more PSTs!
– 31 dependent regions - 1980 (IMS 1.1.6)
– 999 dependent regions - 1995 (IMS 5.1)
– 4095 dependent regions - 2013 (IMS 13)
Related parameters
– MAXPST=
– PST=
– MAXTHRDS= for ODBM
– MAXTHRDS=, MINTHRDS= for DBCTL
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MAXPST= parameter
Used in DBC, DCC, and IMS procedures
– Specifies the maximum number of PSTs for an online IMS control region
– Default is 255 (no change)
– Maximum value is 4095 in IMS 13 (quadrupled)
Controls maximum number of
– Active dependent regions (MSG/BMP/IFP/JMP/JBP)
– CICS/DBCTL threads
– Open Database Access threads
Reducing MAXPST= requires a cold start
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Command Considerations – type-2 and type-1
The following DRD commands for transactions support a
MAXRGN parameter of up to the MAXPST= value
– CREATE TRAN
– CREATE TRANDESC
– UPDATE TRAN
– UPDATE TRANDESC
Output of the /DISPLAY TRAN command supports a 4 digit
decimal number for BAL() instead of a 3 digit number
The TRANSACT IMSGEN macro only supports MAXRGN=255
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Benefits of the Concurrent Thread Enhancement (Increasing MAXPST)
Customers can now have increased capacity/scalability for their IMS
systems
– Larger capacity for mergers/acquisitions
• Without having to add more IMS images
– Increased workloads with latest zEnterprise hardware
• Room for vertical growth
– More regions for IMS 13 synchronous program switch function, also
synchronous callout, distributed syncpoint/etc.
• Longer region occupancies
MAXPST should no longer be a limiting factor in IMS growth
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Reduced Total Cost of Ownership
Cross-platform focus on reducing mainframe software costs
Major focus on reducing CPU usage
Changes throughout IMS to improve performance, reduce storage
usage and reduce CPU used to run IMS
– Using more efficient storage services
– Improved algorithms
– Reducing pathlength
– Optimizing frequently used processes
– Latch / lock improvements
– Storage reductions
– Use of zEnterprise hardware functions
Benefits
– Improved performance, lower cost per transaction, reduced cost of
ownership
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Reduced Total Cost of Ownership
IMS 13 includes the following reduced TCO focus areas
– Specific Reduced TCO enhancements
– Other Reduced TCO enhancements
– External Subsystem Access Facility (ESAF) for Java Dependent
Regions
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Specific Reduced TCO Enhancements …
Exploitation of pageable 1M pages
– IMS 13 uses pageable 1 MB pages for certain storage pools and control blocks when this function is available.
• Pageable 1 MB pages are supported in z/OS V1.13 (web
delivery and PTFs required) and higher z/OS releases when
running on a IBM zEnterprise EC12 processor with Flash
Express.
– Pageable 1 MB pages can improve performance by reducing the
number of steps in dynamic address translation, and by improving
translation lookaside buffer (TLB) coverage.
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Specific Reduced TCO Enhancements …
Support for memory-based data set ENQ management for
dynamically allocated data sets (MEMDSENQMGMT)
– The MEMDSENQMGMT function provides the following benefits:
• Enables jobs and subsystems to use memory-based data set
ENQ management for dynamically allocated data sets, instead
of scheduler work area-based (SWA-based) data set ENQ
management.
• Is faster than SWA-based data set ENQ management, and is
intended for jobs that allocate a large number of data sets, such
as IMS.
– If the MEMDSENQMGMT function is enabled on your z/OS system,
data set ENQs for dynamically allocated data sets are managed in
memory.
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Specific Reduced TCO Enhancements …
zIIP Utilization Enhancement …
– In IMS Version 13 (“V13”), certain processing in the IMS Connect address space and in the IMS Open Database Manager (“ODBM”) address space as specified below may, when enclave SRB execution is enabled by a user, be executed under enclave service request blocks (“SRBs”). Enclave SRB execution may be enabled as unconditional ; or it may be enabled as conditional, based on the presence of at least one online zIIP during address space initialization. When enclave SRB execution is enabled, V13 will direct z/OS to authorize such work to be processed on an available zIIP.
Note that in an unconditional status, the user may enable such processing to be executed in enclave SRB mode when no zIIP is online or part of the user's System z environment. But, of course, no zIIP utilization could result. A user might request enclave SRB execution even in the absence of zIIPs, to allow the system to project how much work is eligible to run on zIIP and probably would if there were zIIP capacity available. See the PROJECTCPU parameter of the IEAOPTxx SYS1.PARMLIB member in z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference (SA22-7592) for further information.
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Specific Reduced TCO Enhancements …
zIIP Utilization Enhancement …
– Except as otherwise described below, the following IMS Connect and ODBM processing can execute under an enclave SRB in V13:
• Processing of IMS Connect address space SOAP message threads for SOAP messages arriving via TCP/IP
• Processing of IMS Connect and ODBM address space Distributed Relational Database Architecture (“DRDA”) threads for DRDA requests arriving via TCP/IP
• Processing of IMS Connect address space Multiple System Coupling (“MSC”) threads for MSC messages arriving via TCP/IP
• Processing of IMS Connect address space Intersystem Communication ("ISC") threads for ISC messages arriving via TCP/IP
• Processing of ODBM address space threads for requests arriving through the CSLDMI API.
Note that any user exits called by the above processing will not execute under an enclave SRB. User exits are always given control in task control block (TCB) mode, and such exit instructions are not authorized to be processed on a zIIP. Also note that certain processing cannot, due to technical restrictions, execute under enclave SRBs. Such processing includes calling z/OS Resource Recovery Services (“RRS”), IMS DL/I call processing, and z/OS supervisor calls (“SVCs”). IMS switches from SRB mode into TCB mode to perform such processing, and thus such processing will not execute on a zIIP.|
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Specific Reduced TCO Enhancements
zIIP Utilization Enhancement
– Note: This information provides only general descriptions of the types and
portions of workloads that are eligible for execution on Specialty Engines (for
example, zIIPs, System z Application Assist Processors (zAAPs), and
Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) (“SEs”)). IBM authorizes customers to use
IBM SEs only to execute the processing of Eligible Workloads of specific
Programs expressly authorized by IBM as specified in the “Authorized Use
Table for IBM Machines” provided at
www.ibm.com/systems/support/machine_warranties/machine_code/aut.html
(“AUT”). No other workload processing is authorized for execution on an SE.
IBM offers SEs at a lower price than General Processors/Central Processors
because customers are authorized to use SEs only to process certain types
and/or amounts of workloads as specified by IBM in the AUT.
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Other Reduced TCO Enhancements …
BPE dispatcher hot cache line prefetch
Eliminate local lock obtain around buffer page fix for OSAM buffers
DFSCPY00 improved SVC directory entry search algorithm and removal of IVSK instructions
IMS logger LOG latch contention reduction
IMS dispatcher optimization
IMS page load service algorithm optimization
Reduce unintentional cache sharing for common storage PSTs
Shared queues local first optimization for program-to-program switch messages
Type-2 processing for the IBM IMS Universal Drivers
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Other Reduced TCO Enhancements
Replace z/OS STORAGE calls in IMS Connect and OTMA with
more efficient storage managers (CPOOL, DFSBCB).
Hash OTMA destination blocks for faster access
Allow Fast Path / OTMA syncpoint processing to be
asynchronous, freeing the dependent region to process the next
transaction earlier.
General instruction optimization (using newer instructions,
converting modules to branch relative addressing)
Reduction of contention for the database block serialization latch
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ESAF support in Java Dependent Regions (JDR)
Prior to IMS 13, the only external subsystem (ESS) that JDR
applications could access is DB2 using the DB2 RRS Attach Facility
(RRSAF)
– No access to other external subsystems such as WebSphere MQ
– DB2 RRSAF usage unique to JDR vs. other region types
• More complex external subsystem definitions
Need for consistent External Subsystem Attach Facility (ESAF)
interface across all region types for DB2
Need for less complex external subsystem definitions
Need support for other external subsystems
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ESAF support in Java Dependent Regions (JDR)
With IMS 13, there are two methods for accessing DB2 from JDRs
– Access via the previously existing DB2 RRSAF interface
– Access via the standard ESAF interface
With IMS 13, the ESAF interface can be used in JMP/JBP regions to
access any ESAF defined to the IMS control region
– WebSphere MQ, DB2, WOLA (WebSphere Optimized Local Adapter)
Support for the SSM= parameter on the JMP/JBP dependent region
startup JCL
Only one ESS connection method allowed per JMP/JBP
– Default ESS connection method is DB2 RRSAF
• No impact to existing users
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Benefits of ESAF Support in Java Dependent Regions
JMP/JBP regions can now use the standard ESAF (External
Subsystem Attach Facility) for accessing external subsystems
such as DB2 for z/OS, WebSphere MQ, and WOLA
– Provides consistent External Subsystem Attach Facility (ESAF)
interface for DB2 across all region types
– Uses simplified external subsystem definitions
• Provides easier implementation than DB2 RRS Attach Facility
(RRSAF)
– More efficient interface compared to using the DB2 RRS Attach
Facility (RRSAF) for DB2 access
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IMS Command Enhancements Overview …
Database versioning command enhancements
DBRC command enhancements
DEDB Alter command enhancements
/DIAGNOSE SNAP command enhancement
/DISPLAY POOL QBUF command enhancements
HALDB command enhancements
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IMS Command Enhancements Overview
IMS Connect type-2 command enhancements
– Dynamically create data store definitions (CREATE IMSCON
TYPE(DATASTORE))
– Dynamically create port definitions (CREATE IMSCON
TYPE(PORT))
– Query XML converters loaded in IMS Connect (QUERY IMSCON
TYPE(CONVERTER)
IMS repository command enhancements
ISC over TCP/IP command enhancements
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IMS Command Enhancements
Enhancements are focused on type-2 commands for the Operations
Manager (OM) environment
Benefits
– Support of new IMS 13 functions
– Improved manageability
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IMS CQS Enhancement
When IMS Common Queue Server (CQS) rejects a z/OS STOP
cqsjobname command because CQS clients are still connected
(CQS0300I), CQS issues a new message, CQS0301I, for each
connected client
– Enables the operator to shut down or quiesce the connected CQS clients
so that the CQS address space can be stopped
Benefits
– Improved manageability for CQS
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IMS DRD Enhancements …
Support for the IMS repository (a single centralized store for
resource definitions in an IMSplex) enhanced to validate resource
attributes between associated resources when a resource definition
is added to, updated in, or deleted from the IMSRSC Repository
– Validates transaction, routing code, and program attributes to ensure
that they do not conflict with one another
– Example: a transaction updated to FP(E) will cause RM to check that the
associated program is defined as FP exclusive
• If conflict, EXPORT fails
Also provided through the IMS 12 service process
– APAR PM32805 / PTF UK75915
Benefits
– Simplifies management of the DRD resources
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IMS DRD Enhancements …
IMS Repository change list support
– allows DRD resource definition changes to be made when an IMS
system is down and make those changes available to IMS when it
restarts
– the IMS change list is created in the IMS Repository for an IMS system
that is down when an IMPORT DEFN SOURCE(REPO) SCOPE(ALL)
command is issued and the resources and descriptors specified on the
IMPORT command are in the IMS' resource list.
• the IMS change list consists of the resource or descriptor names
and resource types. It is read during IMS warm and emergency
restart. The resource definitions for the resource and descriptor
names in the IMS change list are imported from the repository at
end of warm or emergency restart after the IMS log is processed
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Delivered via IMS 12 SPE PM56010 (PTF UK79071)
Command:
– REFRESH USEREXIT TYPE(exittype)
– Refreshes the user exit types specified without bringing IMS down
– Eligible exit types are:
• ICQSEVNT
• ICQSSTEV
• INITTERM
• PPUE
• RESTART
USER_EXITS section in DFSDFxxx (where xxx is the value of the
DFSDF initialization parameter) read to pick up the EXITDEF
statements for the user exit type(s) specified on the command
– An optional MEMBER( ) parameter can be used to point to a different DFSDFxxx member
User Exit Dynamic Refresh Capability – IMS 12 SPE
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IMS 13 User Exit Enhancements
Enhanced user exit services extended to additional IMS control region user exits
Users can now dynamically refresh more IMS user exit routines to bring in an updated version of the exit (or add/delete)
– Significantly reduces downtime since IMS control region no longer requires restart
Users can now display (QUERY) information about more user exits that are defined in the USER_EXITS section of DFSDFxxx
– Provides useful exit information to the user
Users can now code an exit to leverage IMS’s ability to call multiple routines of the same type from a single point within the exit
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BSEX (DFSBSEX0, Build Security Environment Exit)
NDMX (DFSNDMX0, Non-Discardable Message Exit)
RASE (DFSRAS00, Resource Access Security Exit)
OTMAYPRX (DFSYPRX0, OTMA Destination Resolution Exit)
OTMARTUX (DFSYRTUX, OTMA Resume TPIPE Security Exit)
OTMAIOED (DFSYIOE0, OTMA Input/Output Edit Exit)
LOGWRT (DFSFLGX0, Logger Exit)
LOGEDIT (DFSFLGE0, Log Edit Exit)
Enhanced User Exit Services Added to More Exit Types
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The exits listed can now leverage enhanced user exit services to:
– Use REFRESH USEREXIT to bring in new copy of an exit based on type
• Either all exits of a certain type as listed in DFSDFxxx will be refreshed or none
• Can also add/delete as long as DFSDFxxx updated first
– Use QUERY USEREXIT to display useful exit information
– Code multiple exits of the same exit type to be called from a single entry point
Benefits
– Expanded flexibility
– IMS availability is increased
– Management of user exits eased
Enhanced User Exit Services Added to More Exit Types
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IMS Security Enhancements
All IMS security settings can now be defined as IMS startup
parameters
– Updates to SECURITY macro in system definition (SYSGEN) no longer
required due to its removal
– Previously, certain settings could only be defined in SECURITY macro
Move security user exits out of the IMS nucleus into 31-bit storage
– DFSCSGN0
– DFSCTRN0
– DFSCTSE0
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New IMS Startup Security Parameters
RCLASS parameter added to DFSPBxxx PROCLIB member
– RCLASS support in DFSDCxxx PROCLIB member will remain
• DFSPBxxx RCLASS parameter value will override DFSDCxxx if specified in both
SECCNT parameter added to DFSDCxxx PROCLIB member
Retrofit SPE APARs/PTFs available for IMS startup security parameter enhancement activation in IMS 11 and IMS 12
– PM48203/UK74050 (IMS 11)
– PM48204/UK74051 (IMS 12)
– If specifying RCLASS in DFSPBxxx/DFSDCxxx, can also have the following APARs/PTFs applied to avoid an error message being issued when it shouldn’t be
• PM72199/UK82616 (IMS 11)
• PM73558/UK82617 (IMS 12)
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Security User Exits removed from Nucleus
User exits DFSCSGN0, DFSCTRN0 and DFSCTSE0 now linked
separately, loaded from STEPLIB (if present) into 31-bit storage
– New DFS1937I message indicates which user exits have been loaded
• Can be used in automation to ensure that exits are being used
A workarea can be shared among the exits using the new
CTSECSEP and CTRNCSEP parameters rather than the old method
of v-type addressing which was used for sharing storage when they
were all in the nucleus
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IMS Security Enhancements Benefits
Removal of SECURITY macro
– Significant reduction in system programmers’ time/effort required in
maintaining IMS systems
– Management of security definitions eased
– System definition (SYSGEN) process made more simple
Removal of selected user exits from IMS nucleus
– Exits are easier to maintain
– Linking to IMS nucleus no longer necessary when one of the exits has
been changed
– Usage of 24-bit storage reduced
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/DIAGNOSE Command Enhancements
Process for capturing diagnostic data used in troubleshooting IMS
issues has been simplified
– SYSOUT option now available for /DIAGNOSE SNAP output
• Documentation can be gathered/stored in a readable format that is easy
to retrieve and send to IBM support
• Time-consuming SYSLOG searches and manual data formatting prior to
transmission no longer required
– /DIAGNOSE SNAP command extended to include more resources + more
coverage of existing resources
• SHOW() support added for LTERM, NODE and USER
• BLOCK – can now specify multiple single instance blocks and more blocks can be
snapped
• More blocks can be snapped for DB, LINE, LINK
• MSNAME support added
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/DIAGNOSE Command Enhancements
Benefits
– Cost effective, non-disruptive alternative to console dumps
– /DIAGNOSE command is now more interactive
• Can be used more as a tool for easing the real-time diagnosis process
– Decreased time and effort required in capturing diagnostic information
– Improved turn-around time in problem resolution
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EAV Enhancement for GSAM
IMS Version 13 extends support for extended address volumes (EAV)
to GSAM database data sets
Available in IMS 12 via PM86782 / UK94966
Benefits
– Can now allocate GSAM database data sets in the extended addressing
space (EAS) of an EAV
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U240 timeout for long running External Subsystem (ESS) call in IMS dependent regions
ABENDU240 will now be enforced in IMS dependent regions that are running in an External Subsystem (ESS) when time expires using IMS Timing Services
– IMS timing is established in BMP Regions using CPUTIME= and the STIMER= parameters on the BMP startup.
– MPP regions establish timing using the STIMER= parameter on the MPP startup and the PROCLIM= or PLCT/PLCTTIME parameters for the transaction being processed by the MPP.
Prior to this change, ABENDU240 was delayed until after the External Subsystem returned to IMS
– Now when the Timeout routines detect processing in an ESS, they will schedule ABENDU240.
Available in IMS 12 as PM861063 / UK94216
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IMS 13 Migration
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Packaging
IMS 13 program number: 5635-A04
FMID Feature Description
HMK1300 IMS System Services
JMK1301 IMS Database Manager
JMK1302 IMS Transaction Manager
JMK1303 IMS ETO
JMK1304 IMS Recovery Level Tracker
JMK1305 IMS Database Level Tracker
JMK1306 IMS Java on Demand
HIR2230 IRLM 2.3
IMS Version 13
Minimum software level prerequisites
– z/OS Version 1 Release 13 (5694-A01) or later
• When running IMS Version 13 on z/OS Version 1 Release 13, APAR
OA39392 / PTF UA66823 must be installed.
• IBM High-Level Assembler Toolkit Release 5 (5696-234)
• z/OS V1R13.0 Security Server RACF V1R13.0 or later, or an equivalent
product, if security is used.
– IRLM Version 2.3 if IRLM is used
Software Prerequisites…
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Software Prerequisites ...
Minimum software levels for optional functions…
– Java Dependent Regions requires JDK 6.0.1
– ISC TCP/IP requires CICS 5.1
– Depending on the environment, the IMS Universal Drivers require:
• IBM JDK 6.0.1 or later
• DB2 V9.1 or later
• WAS V7 or later
• CICS V4.1 or later
– DB Versioning requires implementation of the IMS Catalog
Check Release Planning documentation at GA for additional
prerequisites/coexistence/migration items
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Software Prerequisites
Minimum software levels for other middleware
– IMS 13 supports interactions with
• DB2 9 or later
• CICS 3.2 or later
– CICS 5.1 is required for ISC TCP/IP support
• MQ for z/OS: Versions V7.0.1 or later
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Hardware Prerequisites…
IMS 13 runs only on 64-bit processors running in z/Architecture mode
– Processors must also support the Long-Displacement Facility of the
z/Architecture
– ESA mode is not supported
– For a list of z/Series machines see: www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware
z900 machines must be at GA2 level (microcode level 3G or later)
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Hardware Prerequisites
Sysplex Data Sharing (including Data Caching and VSO Data Sharing)
– Coupling Facility (CF) level 9, or later
Shared Queues and Shared EMH support
– Coupling Facility level 9 or later
– System-managed CF Duplexing
• CF level 12 or later and bidirectional CF to CF links
EAV support for non-VSAM data sets
– EAVs are supported on DS8000 at microcode level R4.0 via bundle 64.0.175.0 (Sept 2008) or higher
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Support Status of IMS Versions
IMS 10
– Generally available on October 26, 2007
– End of service was November 12, 2012
IMS 11
– Generally available on October 30, 2009
– End of service has not been announced
IMS 12
– Generally availability on October 28, 2011
– End of service has not been announced
IMS 13
– Generally available on October 25, 2013
– End of service has not been announced
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IMS 13 Supported Connections
ISC is supported with
– IMS 13, IMS 12, and IMS 11
– CICS Transaction Server V 4.2, V4.1, V3.2 and V3.1
– CICS Transaction Server V 5.1 for ISC TCP/IP connectivity
– User-written software
MSC is supported with
– IMS 13
– IMS 12
– IMS 11
Shared Queues is supported with
– IMS 13
– IMS 12
– IMS 11
IMS Version 13
Books remain the same as IMS 12
Information Center contains information on IMS 13
IMS Library Updates
IMS Version 13
Withdrawn Support …
IMS 11 is the last release to support the SMU-to-RACF utilities
– IMS 9 was the last version of IMS to support SMU
– Migration from SMU to RACF or an equivalent product should have been
done on IMS 9 or earlier
IMS 12 is the last release to support the SECURITY macro in system
definition
– Use the initialization parameters in IMS 13
– RCLASS and SECCNT for V12 and V11
• PM48204/UK74051 V12 SPE, PM48203/UK74050 V11 SPE
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Withdrawn Support …
IMS Enterprise Suite V2.1 is the last release to include DLIModel utility
plug-in
– Going forward, use IMS Enterprise Suite Explorer for Development, which
provides enhanced features over those provided in the DLIModel utility plug-in
JCA 1.0 resource adapter is no longer enhanced, use the IMS Universal
DB resource adapter instead
IMS 13 is the last release to support IMS Connect SSL function
– Instead, use IBM z/OS Communications Server Application Transparent
Transport Layer Security (AT-TLS) to set up Secure Socket Layer (SSL) on
TCP/IP connections to IMS Connect
IMS 13 is the last release to support IMS MFS Web Enablement.
– Customers using this function should migrate to IBM Rational Host Access
Transformation Services (HATS).
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Withdrawn Support
IMS 11 is the last release to support the Knowledge Based Log Analysis
(KBLA) facility
– Customers using this function should migrate to use other IMS-provided analysis
utilities and reports, such as
• Fast Path Log Analysis utility (DBFULTA0)
• File Select and Formatting Print utility (DFSERA10)
• IMS Monitor Report Print utility (DFSUTR20)
• Log Transaction Analysis utility (DFSILTA0)
• Offline Dump Formatter utility (DFSOFMD0)
• Statistical Analysis utility (DFSISTS0),
• Other complementary products, such as IMS Problem Investigator, IMS
Performance Analyzer, or similar products
IMS Version 13
IMS System Topics
IMS Connect Enhancements
Concurrent Application Threads
Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
IMS Command Enhancements
IMS CQS Enhancement
IMS DRD Enhancement
IMS User Exit Enhancements
IMS Security Enhancements
/DIAG Command Enhancements
Migration