GSAM DBD enhancement

To eliminate the need for an ACBGEN of a PSB that references a GSAM DBD, you can now use a new GSAM parameter, gsamdbd, with the STAGE and UPDATE parameters when you use the IMS Catalog Populate utility.

For example, you can specify:

MANAGEDACBS=(STAGE,GSAM=gsamdbd)
MANAGEDACBS=(UPDATE,GSAM=gsamdbd)

gsamdbd is the name of changed GSAM database. This database’s record will be inserted into the IMS catalog, and the application control block will be written to the staging or active directory based on the MANAGEDACBS control statement parameters that you specify.

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 GSAM DBD enhancement (new) (this topic)
System Utilities	IMS Catalog Populate utility (DFS3PU00)
Messages and Codes, Volume 1: DFS Messages	DFS7419E DFS7420E DFS7421E DFS7422E