IMS includes many utility programs to help you run, fine tune, and monitor IMS. These utilities help you:

• Generate and maintain IMS system control blocks
• Make online changes to the IMS system
• Allocate, monitor, and recover the IMS log data sets
• Analyze system performance
• Generate and maintain the Message Format Service (MFS)
• Maintain multiple IMS systems
• Maintain time-controlled operations
• Define, maintain, recover, and reorganize¹⁰ databases
• Make backup copies of databases

Related Reading: For information about all of the IMS utilities, see:

• Utilities: Database and Transaction Manager
• Utilities: System