IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS

A common infrastructure shared by various IMS Tools offerings

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Overview

IBM® IMS™ Tools Base for z/OS®, part of the IBM IMS Tools portfolio, provides common infrastructure for various IMS Tools offerings. IMS Tools Base offers components that support key strategic architectures, technologies and services used by IMS Tools. It includes autonomics for recurring database monitoring, alerting and maintenance tasks. The IMS Administration Foundation for z/OS component of IMS Tools Base provides a Zowe™-based web browser interface to many IMS functions.

Extra functions are available in the web user interface for customers with one or more of these options: IBM Library Integrity Utilities for z/OS, IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS, IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS, IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS, IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS.

Unified web access

Manage IMS systems with a Zowe-based web UI to view resources, issue commands, and monitor databases with ease.

Tools execution automation

Use the Autonomics Director to support automation of tools execution.

Advanced notification services

Take advantage of the Policy Services component for extended notification services.

Related solutions

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IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS
An integrated set of tools to enable your organization to manage IMS full-function databases.
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IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS
Support offline database reorganizations and manage full-function IMS databases and HALDBs
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IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS
Analyze, maintain and tune IMS Fast Path databases with an extensive, easy-to-use utility set that includes features to help you boost system availability
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IMS Tools
Enhance the performance of your IMS systems with on-demand, application-specific database and transaction management tools.

Resources

IBM Documentation

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IMS Tools product documentation

IMS Tools product publication, program directories and other related technical content in PDF format.

IBM IMS Tools Base Autonomics Director documentation

Learn more about the IBM Tools Base Autonomics Director, a key component of the IBM Tools Base for z/OS.

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