HWSCFGxx member of the IMS PROCLIB data set

IMS Connect uses the information it retrieves from this member of the IMS PROCLIB data set to establish communication with IMS and TCP/IP. You can define several configuration members in the partitioned data set to select from during IMS Connect startup. Specify the member name to use in the HWSCFG= parameter of the IMS Connect startup JCL.

Use uppercase characters to specify the statement and parameter keywords in the IMS Connect configuration member.

You can use the IMS Syntax Checker to modify this member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.

Environments

The HWSCFGxx member of the IMS PROCLIB data set applies to IMS Connect, which runs in its own z/OS® address space.

IMS Connect can interface with IMS DB systems that run in the DB/DC and DBCTL environments and with IMS TM systems that run in DB/DC and DCCTL environments.

Usage

The IMS Connect configuration member defines how IMS Connect manages connections and communicates with TCP/IP, Open Transaction Manager (OTMA), IMSplexes, Open Database Manager (ODBM), Multiple Systems Coupling (MSC), security software, and other IMS Connect instances.

A HWSCFGxx member consists of one or more fixed-length character records. The configuration member must be in a data set whose format is fixed block, 80-byte record length. The right-most eight columns are ignored but can be used for sequence numbers or any other notation. Keyword parameters can be coded in the remaining columns in free format, and can contain leading and trailing blanks. You can specify multiple keywords in each record; use commas or spaces to delimit keywords.

Statements that begin with an asterisk (*) or number sign (#) in column 1 are comment lines, which are ignored.