IMS Regional User GroupsSouthern CA e-Meeting, September 11, 2013
Betty Patterson and Suling Li
IMS RUG Southern CA
IBM Silicon Valley Lab
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Today’s Agenda
1. Welcome, Introductions and overview, Betty Patterson/Suling Li
2. IMS Active to Active, Greg Vance
3. Break 1
4. Calling out from IMS Applications: Methods and best
Practices, Jack Yuan
5. Break 2
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5. Break 2
6. IMS Autonomic and
Modernization
Advances, Janet Leblanc
7. Q & A,
Evaluations, and Discuss
Next Steps, All
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Client Outreach
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IMS Customer Advisory council
• Monthly e-Meetings
• Information On Demand (IOD) face to face meeting
NEW!
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Interested in joining?Contact: Laura Hunsinger at [email protected]
Customer Advisory Council Meeting
Certification Exams the first is free!
Upcoming 2013 Conferences featuring IMS
GUIDE SHARE EUROPEOctober 23 - 24
IBM Enterprise SystemsOctober 21 - 25Orlando, FL
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IBM Information on Demand November 3 - 8Las Vegas, NV
October 23 - 24 Konigstein, Germany
IMS Sessions @ IOD 2013
• IMS Disaster Recovery Overview
• Improving IMS Performance via Dynamic
Tuning of Buffer Pools and Subpools
• IMS as a Viable Cloud Platform? An Evaluation
of the Challenges and Opportunities
• Your Big Data solution is not complete without
IMS on System z
• Orienteering through your Multi-Platform
Enterprise: Java Development on System z
• IMS: The Original No SQL Big Data Engine
• IMS in a Sysplex Environment: Challenges and
Solutions
• Managing Databases more effectively using IMS
Database Solution Pack
• IMS 13 Transaction Manager: Simpler Operations in
an Open Environment
• IMS 13 System: Easier Management with Increased
Reliability
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Enterprise: Java Development on System z
Best Practices
• 45 Years Strong: IMS Introduces Its Most
Innovative Release
• Does your Big Data need maintenance?
Automatic Database Reorganizations and
Performance Tuning is Here
• Worlds Together: IMS and .NET
Reliability
• IMS 13 DB and DBRC: Greater Resiliency for your
Data
• Up and Running on IMS in Record Time!
• Increase ROI by Expanding the Life of your IMS
applications for Another 45 years!
• Standard access to IMS data assets using SQL
IMS Customer Sessions @ IOD 2013
• Transamerica: Dynamic Change Management in IMS, Simplified to Deliver
Higher Availability
• State of Arizona: Upgrading to IMS 12 from IMS 10: Lessons learned
• State of Arizona: IMS has a catalog: Did you get the memo?
• China Construction Bank: Achieving Consistent Microsecond Response Time
in High Volume, High Growth Enterprise Databases
• IMS 13 QPP Experience at Volvo IT
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• SunLife Financial: Doing Mobile before Mobile was Mobile
• Wellpoint: How a Company in the Healthcare Industry was able to Improve
Access to Data through Cloning
• Scotiabank: Leverages DataPower to Expand IMS Callout Capabilities
Free IMS Lab-driven Customer Workshops
1. IMS Business Value AssessmentBusiness and architectural review of IMS subsystem and applications with the goal of helping customers get more value out of their IMS investment
2. IMS Database WorkshopHands-on workshop for application developers to learn about and test drive the latest advances in IMS database technology
3. IMS SOA WorkshopHands-on workshop for application developers to learn about IMS SOA capabilities that help you service-enable and reuse IMS assets (data and
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capabilities that help you service-enable and reuse IMS assets (data and business logic), and save money!
4. IMS Cobol, JAVA, and PLI Application Development WorkshopsHands-on workshop for application developers to test drive the latest tools that accelerate and simplify IMS application development; available for COBOL, PLI, and JAVA developers
5. Customized workshopsDevelop your own IMS workshop based on your needs.
Want to know more? Ask Laura Hunsinger [email protected]
IMS Customer Internship Program - 2013
• Nominations are now being accepted
• Opportunity to work side-by-side with the IMS development team
• 2-6 week sessions are available at SVL lab throughout the year
• Contact Tori Gonzalez for more information: [email protected]
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“…every subject was successfully covered by the
most appropriate expert. While I was there at SVL,
the program was flexible enough so we could
address certain topics which I personally identified,
that would benefit me at my home location...”
“…a unique experience, where I
was given the opportunity to
meet with the IMS developers
and testers at the IBM Lab, and
work side by side with them…
It's incredible to meet people
whose work is known
worldwide.”
Are you getting the most from your IMS investment?
IMS is the GOLD Standard
for:
Availability
Performance
Dependability IMS makes modernizing
easy and affordable
Support for IMS 10 ended
on November 12, 2012
We Can Help!
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We Can Help!• Version-to-Version Migrations
• Health Checks
• SOA Pilots
• Capacity Planning
• Shared Queues, Data Sharing, Sysplex
• ….and much more!
Contact
Visit us @
ibm.co/QQn7WW
IMS social Community!
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IMS 12 - Extras
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Celebrating IMS’s 45th
Anniversary!
2013
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Celebrating IMS’s 45th Anniversary Worldwide
• Download & Print!
http://bit.ly/IMS45th
Interested in participating?
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• Share!
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IMS DB Value Unit Edition
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Rapidly expand new workloads in IMS
• Enables IMS 12 data sharing clients access to IMS data for net new workload
• Net new applications or workloads for Java or SQL through IMS open access capabilities (Open Database), from applications on WebSphere Application Server on z/OS or CICS TS VUE
• Additional new customized capabilities
NEW!
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• Additional new customized capabilities that address business growth based on key business initiatives, including services-oriented architecture (SOA), enterprise and mobile access strategy, and operational business intelligence (BI)
• Leverages the unique industry-leading performance and workload management capabilities of the IMS data server
Value
Unit
Edition
More information about IMS 12 DB VUE
• Prerequisites:
– IMS Value Unit Edition PTF UK93908
– z/OS Version 1 Release 12 Base Services (5694-A01), or later,
executing in 64-bit addressing mode
– Any processor that supports z/Architecture® with some limitations
• Available date:
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• Available date:
– May 31, 2013
• Link: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/ims/imsdbvue/
Request For Enhancement (RFE)
for IMS
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• Historically… internal IBM FITS tool
- Used to manage/track customer requirements, customers do not have direct
access to their requirements
• Going forward via Request For Enhancements (RFE) online portal
- Customers can directly manage/track their requirements – greater accessibility
- Plus access and ability to vote/comment/watch other public requirements
- Visibility default to public for new RFE
RFE already used by Rational, Tivoli, WebSphere, DB2 for z/OS , DB2 Tools and IMS Tools
Requirements Management
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RFE already used by Rational, Tivoli, WebSphere, DB2 for z/OS , DB2 Tools and IMS Tools
Request For Enhancement (RFE)
What is it?
• Tool to submit enhancements
• Replacement for FITS
• Clients can directly enter requirements into RFE (as well as
Sales, Technical Reps)
When can I use it?
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When can I use it?
• Nowhttp://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/infomgmt/
What happens to my FITS requirements?
• Select requirements in FITS have been migrated to RFE
How do I use it?
• Very simple – Get an IBM ID and Tutorials are available at
YouTube
YouTube videos: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=tutorials#tut2
Sign in with your IBM ID and password
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Submit RFEs - sample
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Submit a request for enhancement sample
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Submit a request for enhancement sample - cont
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Submit a request for enhancement sample - cont
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Submit a request for enhancement sample - cont
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RFE Creation Notification - sample
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Today’s Agenda
1. Welcome, Introductions and overview, Betty Patterson/Suling Li
2. IMS Active to Active, Greg Vance
3. Break 1
4. Calling out from IMS Applications: Methods and best
Practices, Jack Yuan
5. Break 2
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5. Break 2
6. IMS Autonomic and
Modernization
Advances, Janet Leblanc
7. Q & A,
Evaluations, and Discuss
Next Steps, All