Required and Optional Entry Fields for IMS Server Setup

 

Group Box

Term

Description

Login Information

Server

A symbolic or dotted numeric TCP/IP address, for example: MVS or 123.123.123.123

User ID

Your 1-8 character TSO logon ID. All characters convert from lowercase to uppercase.

Password

Your 1-8 character TSO password. All characters convert from lowercase to uppercase.

Server Type

CICS

 

Started Task

Select Started Task.

Product

ADABAS

 

IMS

Select IMS

VSAM

 

Load Library Parameters

Load Library DSN

Link into Target Load Library.  A fully-qualified partitioned data set name into which the CONNX Started Task object code is linked. This can be a new partitioned data set, or an existing PDS.  In the current example, the target load library is CONNX.STASK.LOAD.

SMS

Select this if your system uses SMS. If selected, do not specify any VOLSER and UNIT.

VOLSER

The DASD volume serial on which the new CONNX load library is created. Specify a VOLSER and a UNIT to create the PDS on a specific volume.

UNIT

 

The DASD device type (3380, 3390, etc.) of the above VOLSER.

IMS HLQ

 

A one- or multi-part high-level data set prefix, which is used to create the CONNX IMS data sets on the target host.

IMS Utility HLQ

 

 A one- or multi-part high-level data set prefix, which is used by the IMS Library Integrity Utilities for z/OS. The output from these utilities are used  to build the CDD.  Note: This is an optional feature.  If the IMS Library Integrity Utilities for z/OS are not installed, this parameter is not used.

CONNX Server Data Set

CONNX DSN HLQ

A one- or multi-part high-level data set prefix, which is used to create the CONNX installation sequential and partitioned data sets on the target host. In the current example, the installation prefix is CONNX.STASK. See the DSN Prefix Data Sets table for a description of the data sets created with this prefix.

VOLSER

Optional. The DASD volume serial on which the CONNX.STASK sequential and partitioned data sets are created.

UNIT

The DASD device type (3380, 3390, etc.) of the above VOLSER. Omit if the VOLSER field is blank.

IMS Interface

ODBA

Use the IMS on-line interface

DLI

Use the IMS batch interface

TCP/IP

HLQ

A one- or multi-part high-level data set prefix, which is used to create the file where the TCP/IP stack is stored.

Library

The name of the TCP/IP Library.