DBRC managed ACB staging directory command support

If the IMS management of ACBs is enabled, you now can get database definition information from the staging directory or the active directory.

You can specify two new mutually exclusive optional keywords, STAGING or ACTIVE, in the following DBRC commands:

CHANGE.DBDS
CHANGE.PART
INIT.DB
INIT.DBDS
INIT.PART
NOTIFY.REORG

If neither keyword is specified, the active directory is read by default.

These optional keywords are not allowed if DBDLIB is being used.

Documentation changes

The following table lists the publications that contain new or changed topics for the New function name enhancement. Publications that are not impacted by this enhancement are not included in the table.

Table 1. Links to topics that have new or changed content for this enhancement
Publication	Links to topics
Release planning	IMS 15 enhancements IMS 15.5 Database Manager continuous delivery functions Command changes in IMS 15.5 DBRC managed ACB staging directory command support (new) (this topic)
Commands, Volume 3: IMS Component and z/OS Commands	CHANGE.DBDS command CHANGE.PART command INIT.DB command INIT.DBDS command INIT.PART command NOTIFY.REORG command
Messages and Codes, Volume 2: Non-DFS Messages	DSP1279E (new message) DSP0141I (changed message)