Case Study
BMC Shines a Light on the IBM IMS TM Catalog
1 BMC Shines a Light on the IBM ® IMS TM Catalog Catalog Manager for IMS TM White Paper2 Table of Contents 03 Executive Summary 04 Introduction Challenges Prior to Using the IMS Catalog 06 Top Six Reasons to Use the IMS Catalog 07 Top Six Risks in Using the IMS Catalog 08 Enabling the IMS Catalog Components of IMS Catalog Deployment Process for Enabling the IMS Catalog Enabling the IMS Catalog for Batch Processing Enabling IMS-Managed ACBs 11 Catalog Considerations Shared IMS Catalog Versus Non-Shared IMS Catalog Sharing the IMS Directory Between IMS Systems on Different LPARS Deploying IMS-Managed ACBs Catalog Out of Sync Directory Out of Sync Catalog Purge Utility Migrating from IMS 14 to IMS 15 Catalog API 16 Addressing the IMS Catalog Challenges with a BMC Solut