Defining the IMSRSC repository

Before you can use the IMSRSC repository to store and retrieve resource and descriptor definitions, you must define it. In addition, IMS and the Resource Manager (RM) must have the repository enabled, the Repository Server (RS) must be started and active, and the repository must be started.

To define the repository, define the Repository Server (RS) catalog repository data sets, start the RS, and perform system definition of the repository so it is available for RM and IMS.

The following is a checklist of tasks to perform to define the repository after installing and verifying the installation of IMS.

To define the repository:

Procedure

  1. Allocate the RS catalog repository data sets and the IMSRSC repository data sets.
    See IMSRSC repository and RS catalog repository data sets.
  2. Define the Base Primitive Environment (BPE) parameters in the BPE configuration member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
    See BPE configuration parameter member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
  3. Specify values for the RS in the FRPCFG member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
    See FRPCFG member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
  4. Define security settings to restrict access to the repository.
    See Restricting access to the RS catalog repository and IMSRSC repository.
  5. Start the RS.
    See Starting the Repository Server.
  6. Start the subordinate RSs.
    See Starting subordinate Repository Servers.
  7. Issue the ADD and START FRPBATCH commands to add the repository to the RS catalog repository data sets and to start the repository.
    See ADD command for FRPBATCH and START command for FRPBATCH.
  8. Define the repository to the Resource Manager (RM) by using the CSLRIxxx member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
    See CSLRIxxx member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
  9. Restart RM or issue the UPDATE RM command so that RM can use the repository. See Restarting the CSL RM and UPDATE RM command.
  10. Specify values for the repository in the REPOSITORY section of the DFSDFxxx member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
    See REPOSITORY section of the DFSDFxxx member.
  11. Define automatic import and automatic export options by updating the DYNAMIC_RESOURCES section of the DFSDFxxx member of the IMS PROCLIB data set.
    See DYNAMIC_RESOURCES section of the DFSDFxxx member.
  12. Restart IMS or issue the UPDATE IMS command to enable the repository at the IMS.
    See Restarting IMS and UPDATE IMS command.
You can use the Syntax Checker to verify the repository system definition changes.