IMS command processingEdit online You can issue IMS commands and review responses from the IMS Administration Tool user interface. IMS command processor overviewIMS Administration Tool command processor allows you to issue, analyze, and coordinate IMS commands across as many as 64 IMS regions on any number of z/OS® images, all from a single point of control.Using IMS Command Processor referenceThe IMS Administration Tool command processor allows you to interactively issue IMS commands and to view the IMS command log.Using IMS Command Processor - batch processingWhen the IMS Administration Tool command driver is run as a batch program, it can run as an IMS BMP, IMS DL/I batch, or standard z/OS® batch job. Predefined procedures and commandsIMS Administration Tool predefined procedures can perform complete tasks with the entry of a single input command.Command processor APIAn external application program can call the IMS Administration Tool command driver by using an application programming interface module called ATYCAPI0.Command store/forwardThe command store/forward feature saves commands that fail because a member of an IMS command group is unavailable. The retained commands are then reissued when the IMS is available.