Support offline database reorganizations and manage full-function IMS databases and HALDBs
Overview
Keep databases tuned and operational
IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS® helps reorganize IMS full-function and High Availability Large Databases (HALDBs). By integrating key IMS utilities, it helps reduce operational complexity, optimize resources, and simplify database administration through a web interface.
Features
Simplify IMS database reorganization
Automate database diagnosis, health monitoring, and reorganization workflows to help maintain efficient IMS operations. Reduce manual effort by identifying when reorganization is needed and streamlining execution of reorganization jobs.
Improve database availability and maintenance efficiency with high-speed unload and load capabilities. Reduce system resource utilization during unload operations while accelerating database loading to support faster reorganization processes.
Simplify administration of IMS High Availability Large Databases (HALDBs) and IMS indexes. Improve operational efficiency with streamlined index-building processes and enhanced tools for managing large database environments.
Protect database availability with high-speed image copy capabilities and utilities that validate, compare, recover, and regenerate critical IMS resources. Support faster recovery while helping maintain operational integrity.
Monitor database space utilization and identify physical or logical direct pointer issues before they affect operations. Generate reports that help administrators maintain database performance and integrity.
Use cases
Optimize IMS database operations
Balance IMS database performance, availability, and cost with capabilities that streamline reorganization, improve insights, and optimize backup and maintenance.
Leverage high-performance utilities to unload, load, index, reorganize, back up, and report on IMS full-function and HALDB databases while reducing resource consumption.
Enable administrators to view IMS full-function and HALDB database information through a simplified web interface that supports faster analysis and decision-making.
Simplify database maintenance by running load, unload, index build, and image copy operations in a single step, helping teams complete reorganizations faster.
Use intelligent tools that reorganize databases only when needed, helping teams lower resource utilization and avoid unnecessary maintenance activities.
Resources
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IBM IMS is a high-performance hierarchical database and transaction manager for z/OS designed to secure and scale critical business applications.