Hardware and software requirements

IMS Recovery Solution Pack is installed by using SMP/E and standard RECEIVE, APPLY, and ACCEPT processing.

Complete information about installation requirements, prerequisites, and procedures for IBM IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS® is located in the Program Directory for IBM IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS, GI13-4315.

Hardware requirements

IMS Recovery Solution Pack can run on any z/OS hardware environment that supports the required software.

Installation software requirements

IMS Recovery Solution Pack requires z/OS 2.3 (5650-ZOS) or later.

In addition, IMS Recovery Solution Pack requires IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS 1.7 (5655-V93) or later. IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS must be installed into the same SMP/E CSI zone as IMS Recovery Solution Pack.

Operational software requirements

An operational requisite is defined as a product that is required and must be present or a product that is not required but should be present on the system in order for this product to operate all or some of its functions.

IMS Recovery Solution Pack operates with the following IMS versions:
  • IMS 15.2 (5635-A06) or later
  • IMS Database Value Unit Edition 15.2 (5655-DS5) or later

Common tool requirements

The following common tools, which are provided in IMS Tools Base, are used by IMS Recovery Solution Pack:
  • IMS Tools Knowledge Base
  • IMS Tools Common Services

    This tool is a prerequisite for running IMS Tools functions in IMS-managed ACBs environment.

These common tools are not distributed with IMS Recovery Solution Pack but are instead distributed with IMS Tools Base. IMS Tools Base must be installed and configured before IMS Recovery Solution Pack can be used.

IMS Tools Base 1.7 and later also provides IMS Administration Foundation, which is a browser-based graphical user interface that extends the capabilities of IBM Unified Management Server for z/OS to manage IMS systems and resources. To enable the graphical user interface of IMS Administration Foundation, the following products must be installed:
  • IBM Unified Management Server for z/OS 1.1 with APAR PH47708 or later, and its prerequisite software
  • IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS 1.7 or later

Some functions and features that require IMS Tools Base include the following:

  • Saving reports in IMS Tools Knowledge Base repository
  • Autonomics Director capabilities
  • IMS Tools Online System Interface for issuing IMS commands
  • IMS Tools Generic Exits for pausing BMPs and issuing IMS commands in IMS Database Recovery Facility Extended Functions
  • IMS Tools Generic Exits for logger exit capabilities in IMS Recovery Expert
  • Autonomics Director for collecting sensor data in Recovery Sensor
  • IMS Tools Knowledge Base for storing the sensor data in Recovery Sensor
  • Policy Services for monitoring sensor data which is collected by Recovery Sensor

Conditional operational requirements

A conditional operational requisite identifies the following products that are not required for the basic function but are needed at run time for the tool to utilize specific functions.

Table 1. Conditional operational requirements
Tool Function Required product
Database Recovery Facility

Any functions of Database Recovery Facility

The DFSORT program, which is included in z/OS, or a functionally equivalent sort program

Image copy option of the Recovery function

Incremental image copy function

 IMS High Performance Image Copy
HDPC Hash Pointer Check option of the Recovery function

IMS High Performance Pointer Checker

It is also included in the following solution packs:
  • IMS Database Solution Pack
  • IMS Database Utility Solution
DEDB Hash Pointer Check function of the Recovery function IMS Fast Path Solution Pack
FF DB/HALDB Index build option of the Recovery function IMS Index Builder
DEDB secondary index build option of the Database Recovery function IMS Fast Path Solution Pack
Verification of the DBD being used for recovery in the Recovery function

IMS Library Integrity Utilities

It is also included in the following solution packs:
  • IMS Database Solution Pack
  • IMS Database Utility Solution
Database Recovery Facility Extended Functions　 Process through TSO terminals The Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF), which is included in z/OS
High Performance Change Accumulation Any functions of High Performance Change Accumulation The DFSORT program, which is included in z/OS, or a functionally equivalent sort program
Process through TSO terminals The Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF), which is included in z/OS
High Performance Image Copy HDPC Hash Pointer Check option of the Image Copy function

IMS High Performance Pointer Checker

It is also included in the following solution packs:

  • IMS Database Solution Pack
  • IMS Database Utility Solution
DEDB Hash Pointer Check option of the Image Copy function IMS Fast Path Solution Pack
Verification of the DBD being used for recovery in the Image Copy and Recovery functions

IMS Library Integrity Utilities

It is also included in the following solution packs:
  • IMS Database Solution Pack
  • IMS Database Utility Solution
Integrated Database Sensor option of the Image Copy function for full-function and HALDB databases
Either of the following packs:
  • IMS Database Solution Pack
  • IMS Database Utility Solution
IMS Database Reorganization Expert, which is also included in the following solution packs:
  • IMS Database Solution Pack
  • IMS Database Utility Solution
Integrated Database Sensor option of the Image Copy function for Fast Path databases IMS Fast Path Solution Pack
IMS Index Builder Index build processing The DFSORT program, which is included in z/OS, or a functionally equivalent sort program

Conditional operational requirement of IMS Recovery Expert is listed in the IMS Recovery Solution Pack: IMS Recovery Expert User's Guide.