Processing environment limitations
IMS DEDB Fast Recovery has certain limitations for its processing environment.
IMS DEDB Fast Recovery cannot be used in an IMS RSR environment in the following cases:
- A remote site tracker failure
- A remote site takeover failure
To use dynamic allocation parameter lists that are registered by the DFSMDA macro of IMS 5.1 or earlier, you must rebuild the lists by using the DFSMDA macro of the latest IMS version.
To use IMS-managed ACBs, IMS DEDB Fast Recovery requires the name of the IMS
bootstrap data set. The name of the IMS bootstrap data set must be made available to IMS DEDB Fast
Recovery by one of the following methods:
- Registering the IMS catalog database to the DBRC RECON data sets.
- Supplying the name of the IMS bootstrap data set with the IMSBSDS DD statement.
IMS DEDB Fast Recovery does not support the following functions of IMS:
- DEDB alter function
- Dynamic database definition enhancements