Software and hardware requirements
The following list includes the software and hardware requirements for IMS Recovery Expert.
Hardware requirements
IMS Recovery Expert (formerly IBM® IMS Recovery Expert for z/OS® 2.2) operates on any hardware configuration that supports the required versions of IMS.
For fast-replication backups and restores, if using IBM storage, FlashCopy® V2 or a functionally equivalent product for FlashCopy, is required.
Software requirements
The following is installation and mandatory operational requirement:
- z/OS 2.3 or later Note: Product is SMP/E installable
- IMS 15.1 or later
The following is a list of conditional operational requirements:
- z/OS 2.3 (5650-ZOS) or later, DFSMSdss, and FlashCopy V2 for restoring IMS objects from FlashCopy backups on DASD
- z/OS 2.3 (5650-ZOS) or later, DFSMSdss, and IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS 1.2 (5655-P97) for performing encryption during offloads
- z/OS 2.3 (5650-ZOS) or later, IBM Cryptographic Services Facility (ICSF) required by DFSMSdss for performing encryption during offloads
- IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS* 1.7 (5655-V93) or later for creating detailed and summary reports with every backup and restore
Refer to the Program Directory for IBM IMS Recovery Expert for z/OS and Program Directory for IBM IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS for more information about the required and optional software that can run with IMS Recovery Expert. Verify that your hardware and software meet or exceed the minimum requirements. If your hardware and software do not meet the minimum requirements, you might be unable to install or run the product.