Verify that your hardware and software meet or exceed the minimum requirements, and
install IMS HP
Pointer Checker by using the SMP/E RECEIVE,
APPLY, and ACCEPT commands.
Complete information about installation requirements, prerequisites, and procedures for IMS HP
Pointer Checker is in the Program Directory for IBM
IMS
High Performance Pointer Checker for z/OS 3.1, GI10-8783.
Hardware requirements
The
hardware requirements are the same as those for IMS.
For DB Historical Data Analyzer, the option to produce charts on
a display terminal requires a terminal that is supported by GDDM Interactive Chart Utility (ICU).
Software requirements
IMS HP
Pointer Checker for z/OS® 3.1 operates in z/OS 2.1 (5650-ZOS) or later.
IMS HP
Pointer Checker for z/OS 3.1 requires one of the currently supported versions of IMS or IMS Database Value Unit Edition.
The
following list provides the software requirements for each utility:
- HD Pointer Checker utility
- DFSORT (Data
Facility Sort), which is a part of z/OS,
or a functionally equivalent sort and merge program is required.
- The following list provides conditional requirements:
- To use the MAPDBD or the DECODEDBD functions, one of the following
products must be installed:
- IBM®
IMS Library Integrity Utilities for z/OS 2.2 or later (5655-U08)
- IMS Library Integrity Utilities (5655-U08) in IBM
IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS 2.2 or later (5655-DSP)
- IMS Library Integrity Utilities (5655-U08) in IBM
IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS 2.1 or later (5698-DUL)
- To use the full-function database HASH Check option within an
image copy job, one of the following products must be installed:
- IBM
IMS High Performance Image Copy for z/OS 4.2 (5655-N45)
- IMS High Performance Image Copy (5655-N45) in IBM
IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS 2.2 or later (5655-DSP)
- IMS High Performance Image
Copy (5655-N45) in IBM
IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS 2.1 or later (5698-DUL)
- IMS High Performance Image Copy (5655-N45) in IBM
IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS 2.1 or later (5655-ISR)
- To use the HASH Check option in an IMS Database
Reorganization Expert job, one of the following products must be installed:
- IBM
IMS Database Reorganization Expert for z/OS 4.1 (5655-S35)
- IMS Database Reorganization Expert (5655-S35) in IBM
IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS 2.2 or later (5655-DSP)
- IMS Database Reorganization
Expert (5655-S35) in IBM
IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS 2.1 or later (5698-DUL)
- To use the HASH Check option in an IMS Online
Reorganization Facility job, IMS Online Reorganization Facility
in IBM
IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS 2.2 (5655-DSP) must be installed.
- To use the HASH Check option in an IMS Database Recovery
Facility job, IMS Database Recovery Facility in IBM
IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS 2.1 (5655-ISR) or later must be installed.
- If the IMS management of ACBs is enabled, IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS 1.7 or later (5655-V93) must be installed.
- To store reports in the IMS Tools KB
Output repository, IMS Tools Knowledge Base in IBM
IMS Tools Base
for z/OS 1.7 or later must be
installed.
- To use the Integrated DB Sensor function, the Database Sensor component in one of
the following products must be installed:
- IBM
IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS 2.2 or later (5655-DSP)
- IBM
IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS 2.1 or later (5698-DUL)
- HD Tuning Aid utility
-
- DFSORT (Data Facility Sort), which is a
part of z/OS, or a functionally equivalent sort and merge
program is required.
- If the IMS management of ACBs is enabled, IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS 1.7 or later must be installed.
- DB Historical Data Analyzer utility
- Requires GDDM-PGF, which is a part of z/OS, to optionally produce charts on a display
terminal.
- Space Monitor utility
- DFSORT (Data
Facility Sort), which is a part of z/OS,
or a functionally equivalent sort and merge program is required.
- To monitor space utilization statistics about IMS online full-function database data sets, the IMS Tools Online System Interface
that is provided in IBM
IMS Tools Base for z/OS 1.7 or later must be installed.
- To provide control statements through the FABKCTL data set when the IMS management of ACBs
is enabled, IBM
IMS Tools Base for z/OS 1.7 or later must be
installed.