IBM IMS Connect Extensions z/OS

Overview

Easier to manage workloads

IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS® improves the availability, reliability and performance of IMS Connect. With IMS Connect Extensions, your systems become more transparent, workloads easier to manage and problems easier to troubleshoot.

Features

Improve IMS Connect availability

IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS enhances the manageability of TCP/IP access to IMS through IMS Connect. It consists of components that run with IMS Connect, journal datasets that record IMS Connect activity and ISPF, z/OS Explorer and REXX interfaces to manage IMS Connect systems and their IMS Connect Extensions features.

Use IMS Connect Extension rules based routing to respond to changes in workload and processing capacity. Use IMS Connect Extensions to schedule peak and off-peak routing rules to manage datastores experiencing flood conditions. It delivers uninterrupted service during planned and unplanned datastore outages and redistributes workloads once services are restored.

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Access the services of IMS Connect Extensions directly from REXX programs. Automatically suspend or resume routing to a datastore, change routing rules, switch the active journal, initiate a resource trace, update definitions or run commands on a target system or datastore.

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IMS Connect Extensions provides a single point of control for multiple IMS Connect systems. Its streamlined and straightforward client interfaces offer centralized management and control of all your IMS Connect systems by allowing you to issue IMS Connect commands directly from a single location.

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The IMS Connect Extensions journal provides a detailed account of IMS Connect activity. To facilitate debugging and conduct performance analysis, IMS Problem Investigator, IMS Performance Analyzer and IBM® Transaction Analysis Workbench can analyze IMS Connect Extensions journals.

Expose near real-time IMS Connect transaction summary data to analytics engines. Use the features of your analytics platform to monitor IMS Connect, track trends and visualize different workloads in your topology.

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Use cases

Improve visibility, control and performance

Gain deeper insight into IMS Connect activity, simplify system management, and improve service reliability. Monitor workloads, automate operational responses, streamline connectivity, and accelerate issue resolution to maintain efficient transaction processing.

Turn transaction data into insights

Expose near real-time IMS Connect transaction summary data to analytics engines, helping teams identify trends, optimize performance, and make faster operational decisions.

Simplify monitoring and management

Enable teams to monitor and manage IMS Connect systems from a single console while automating responses to workload and processing capacity changes.

Expand connectivity across systems

Support IMS Connect to IMS Connect TCP/IP communications and ODBM, helping teams extend access to IMS data and integrate applications more efficiently.