IMS Tools and IMS-managed ACBs support
This topic provides the minimum maintenance required for IMS Tools to support IMS-managed ACBs. This includes a new product prerequisite of the no-charge IBM® IMS Tools Base for z/OS product for some of the Tools.
In this topic, the following abbreviations are used:
- NA = Not Applicable
- The product does not have function that is impacted by IMS-managed ACBs.
- NS = Not Supported
- The product does not support IMS-managed ACBs.
- S = Supported
- The product supports IMS-managed ACBs and any required PTFs are listed.
- SP = Support Pending
- The product does not yet support IMS-managed ACBs, but will in the future. This topic is updated when the PTFs are available.
- Asterisk (*)
- Indicates that the component or stand-alone product is also included as a component in one or more of the solution packs.
Support for IMS-managed ACBs means you can configure the product to either:
- Use PSBLIB, DBDLIB, and ACBLIB
- Use the IMS catalog and the IMS directory
The data is current as of 3 October 2025.
Reminder:
- This list is for IMS Tools maintenance only, and does not include other IMS for z/OS® maintenance that might be required.
- If a prior release of a product is not listed in the matrix, it does not support IMS-managed ACBs.
| IMS Tools | VRM | IMS-managed ACBs support | Comments | PTF numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Services Library | 1.1.1 | NA | - | - |
| DB/DC Data Dictionary | 1.6.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Tools Base | 1.7.0 | S | If you require support in the Discovery Utility, contact Tracy Dean (tld1@us.ibm.com) |
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| Transaction Analysis Workbench | 1.3.0 | NA | - | - |
| 1.2.0 | NA | - | - | |
| IMS Administration Tool* | 1.1.0 | S | - | - |
| IMS Application Development Facility II | 2.2.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Batch Terminal Simulator | 4.1.0 | S | - | UI33480 |
| IMS Buffer Pool Analyzer | 1.4.0 | S | - | UI72873 |
| IMS Cloning Tool | 1.2.0 | S | - |
|
| IMS Command Control Facility | 2.2.0 | NS | Customers should install IMS Administration Tool. | - |
| IMS Configuration Manager* | 2.3.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Connect Extensions* | 3.1.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Database Recovery Facility* | - | NA | Supported only in IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 | - |
| IMS Database Recovery Facility Extended Functions* | - | NA | Supported only in IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 | - |
| IMS Database Reorganization Expert* | 4.1.0 | S | - |
|
| IMS Database Repair Facility (component of IMS HP Pointer Checker and IMS Fast Path Solution Pack) | - | S | No PTF required for batch mode. PTF listed is required for interactive mode. |
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| IMS Database Solution Pack | 2.2.0 | NA | PTFs required only for stand-alone products in the pack | - |
| IMS Database Utility Solution | 2.1.0 | NA | PTFs required only for stand-alone products in the pack | - |
| IMS DEDB Fast Recovery | 2.2.0 | S | - |
|
| IMS Extended Terminal Option Support* | 3.2.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Fast Path Solution Pack | 2.1.0 | S |
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- |
| S |
|
Do not yet support MDA CATDSHLQ | ||
| S | HPFPU Hash Check support and DB Sensor support for IMS HP Image Copy | UI90297 | ||
| HPFPU Hash Check support for IMS Database Recovery Facility
PTFs also required for stand-alone products in the pack |
UI94858 | |||
| NA |
|
- | ||
| NS |
|
If you use these utilities, contact Tracy Dean (tld1@us.ibm.com) | ||
| IMS High Availability Large Database (HALDB) Toolkit* | - | S | Supported only as part of IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 and IMS Database Utility Solution 2.1 |
|
| IMS High Performance Change Accumulation* | - | S | Supported only in IMS Recovery Solution Pack 2.1 | - |
| IMS High Performance Image Copy* | 4.2.0 | S | Support for image copy function |
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| Support in IMS Database Reorganization Expert | UI60808 | |||
| Support for HASH Check and SENSOR options of full-function databases | UI82150 | |||
| Support for HASH Check and SENSOR options of DEDBs | UI90313 | |||
| Support for catalog alias when operating on catalog database | UI98721 | |||
| IMS High Performance Load* | 2.1.0 | S | - |
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| IMS High Performance Pointer Checker* | 3.1.0 | S | - |
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| IMS High Performance Prefix Resolution* | 3.1.0 | S | - |
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| IMS High Performance System Generation Tools | 2.4.0* | S | - | - |
| IMS High Performance Unload* | 1.2.0 | S | - |
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| IMS Index Builder* | 3.1.0 | S | - |
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| IMS Library Integrity Utilities* | 2.2.0 | SP | - |
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| IMS Network Compression Facility | 1.2.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Online Reorganization Facility* | - | S | Supported only in IMS Database Solution Pack 2.2 |
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| IMS Performance Analyzer* | 4.5.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Performance Solution Pack | 2.3.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Problem Investigator* | 2.5.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Program Restart Facility | 2.2.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Queue Control Facility* | 4.1.0 | NA | - | - |
| 3.2.0 | NA | - | - | |
| IMS Recovery Expert* | - | S | - | UI57820 |
| IMS Recovery Solution Pack | 2.1.0 | S | Support for Database Recovery Facility without auxiliary utilities | UI77162 |
| Support for Database Recovery Facility with IMS HP Image Copy, IMS Index Builder, and IMS Fast Path Advanced Build Index functions | UI93704 | |||
| Support for Database Recovery Facility with IMS Fast Path Solution Pack Hash Check function | UI94990 | |||
| Support for High Performance Change Accumulation | UI95678 | |||
| Support for IMS Database Recovery Facility with IMS High Performance Pointer Checker hash check function | UI98004 | |||
| Database Recovery Facility support for catalog alias when operating on catalog database | UO02437 | |||
| Database Recovery Facility support for the DFSDFxxx member in the PROCLIB data set | UO05100 | |||
| IMS Sequential Randomizer Generator | 1.1.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Sysplex Manager* | 1.3.0 | NA | - | - |
| IMS Transaction Manager Solution Pack | 1.1.0 | NA | PTFs required only for stand-alone products in the pack | - |
| IMS Workload Router | 2.7.0 | NA | - | - |
Note 1: The IMS Database Repair Facility function in IMS HP Pointer Checker and IMS Fast Path Solution Pack is listed as a separate entry in the table. Verify you have the additional PTF required for this component.