Table of Contents

1. Short Summary
2. Duration
3. Content Description
4. Objectives
5. Agenda
6. Audience
7. Skill Level
8. Labs?
9. Keywords
10. Prerequisites
11. Enrollment
12. Errata
13. Follow-on Courses

Short Summary

This is a basic level course for database administrators, system programmers, and other data administration individuals, who design, implement, and maintain IMS databases.

Duration in Hours ⌚

32

Content Description

Learn how to design, implement, reorganize, and recover Information Management System (IMS) databases. Practice these skills in intensive machine labs.

Objectives

• Code the Database Directories (DBD) and Program Specification Blocks (PSB) for physical databases
• Code the DBDs and PSBs to implement secondary indexing
• Use the appropriate IMS utilities to reorganize and recover physical databases, including those with secondary indexes
• Use the DL/I test program
• Prepare a job stream to load a database using different IMS access methods

Agenda

• Introduction to DL/I
• IMS Access Methods
• HISAM
• DBD/PSB/Data Sets/JCL
• IMS Test Utility: DFSDDLT0
• HD Access Methods
• HIDAM
• HDAM
• Database Reorganization
• IMS Data Sets Summary
• Secondary Indexing
• Database Recovery
• Database Design Considerations
• IMS Space Utilization

Audience

This is a basic level course for database administrators, system programmers, and other data administration individuals, who design, implement, and maintain IMS databases.

Skill Level

Basic

Labs? 💻

Yes

Keywords

CM22G;CMW22; zos;CM22

Prerequisites

You should have:

• basic understanding of IMS database features and organization along with a working knowledge of z/OS tools, Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) services utilities, and Job Control Language (JCL)

Enrollment

https://www.ibm.com/training/course/CM22G

Errata

None specified.

Follow-on Courses

None