The Installation Verification Program (IVP) facility supplied by IMS is an ISPF application that verifies the majority of IMS features and functions of a newly installed IMS. The IVP uses a sample IMS system to perform this verification.

The IVP provides guidance for performing a combination of the following jobs and tasks, depending on your environment:

• Allocating data sets
• Defining the characteristics of an IMS system through the process of system definition
• Establishing IMS interfaces to z/OS and VTAM
• Preparing the IMS system
• Performing an initial program load (IPL) of z/OS
• Preparing the IVP system and IMS applications
• Initializing the IVP system and running IMS applications

You must define the IMS system and you must establish the interface between your IMS system and z/OS before you can run IMS.

Related Reading: For complete information about the IMS IVP, see IVP Information.