This course is designed for the general audience requiring a high-level understanding of IMS architecture and processing capabilities. IMS full function databases, data communications and Fast Path are presented.

Individuals who require a high level understanding of IMS; application development staff supporting IMS applications.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Explain the advantages of using a database system
• Describe how IMS data communications processes messages and schedules transactions
• Explain forward and backward recovery

• Database and Data Communications Concepts
• Terminology of a Hierarchical Database
• DBDs, PSBs, ACBs
• Message Processing and MFS
• Transaction Scheduling
• Fast Path Transactions and Databases
• Database Recovery and System Checkpoint and Recovery

None.