IBM Program Restart Facility for IMS Facilitates Automated Restarts

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1 Software Announcement February 8, 2000 IBM Program Restart Facility for IMS Facilitates Automated Restarts Overview The IBM Program Restart Facility for IMS software helps ensure the correct restart checkpoint ID is used to restart IMS applications using IMS Extended Restart Facilities. Using Program Restart Facility capabilities requires no application program or JCL changes. An easy-to-use ISPF interface is provided for viewing, editing, and administrating product controls and options. The Program Restart Facility adds to an already robust portfolio of IBM database tools, and further demonstrates IBM s commitment to being the preferred provider of database tools solutions. Key Prerequisites The Program Restart Facility for IMS operates in the IMS Version 5, 6, and 7 environments. IMS Version 7 support will be provided as a PTF within 30 days of IMS Version 7 availability. Planned Availability Date March 10, 2000 At a Glance The Program Restart Facility for IMS can help you: Restart applications faster Reduce possibility of error during the restart process Reduce overhead caused by too frequent checkpointing Facilitate restarting applications in sysplex environment Facilitate automatic restart operations The product: Requires no application or JCL change for basic operation Provides ISPF interface for administration Uses minimum system resources For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: LE001 This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

2 Description The IMS Program Restart Facility software is designed to help you correctly restart abended IMS batch jobs that take advantage of the IMS Extended Restart facility. Using IMS Program Restart Facility helps prevent data from becoming corrupted from restarting an abended job without specifying any restart checkpoint ID. Restarting the job correctly can help save you from costly and time-consuming database recoveries that could leave your data unavailable for extended periods of time. IMS Program Restart Facility automatically supplies the most recent checkpoint ID to jobs being restarted because of an earlier abnormal termination. This task may seem simple enough to perform manually. However, if a job being restarted is supplied a valid but incorrect checkpoint ID, or worse, is restarted without any supplied restart checkpoint ID, data can become corrupted. This can require costly and time-consuming database recoveries. Such situations are even more costly if the manual restart error is not detected right away, causing more delays and longer periods of database unavailability. IMS Program Restart Facility sets aside the checkpoint records in the IMS log required for a checkpoint restart. It automatically makes them available to the job requiring a restart without requiring manual JCL changes to provide the correct log data set names. Using IMS Program Restart Facility requires no changes to application code or JCL. Year 2000 This product does not have date dependencies and is Year 2000 ready. Euro Currency This program is not impacted by euro currency. Hardware and Software Support Services SmoothStart /Installation Services SmoothStart or Installation Services will not be provided for the Program Restart Facility. Trademarks IMS and SmoothStart are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Additional Benefits: The following IMS Program Restart Facility features that if exploited, may require JCL and application programming changes. IMS Program Restart Facility can be used to reduce the overhead incurred by some applications that may be taking checkpoints too frequently. This can result in faster operations. Applications that terminate with a non-zero return code that should be considered abended can be flagged as abended and later restarted automatically using the IMS Program Restart Facility. If you are migrating to data sharing, specifying values for DBRC=, IRLM=, and IRLMNM= for individual jobs or globally without changing any JCL or running system definitions can be facilitated by using the IMS Program Restart Facility. IMS Program Restart Facility can be used to specify values for LOCKMAX= on individual jobs or globally without changing any JCL. This helps prevent abends related to filling up the lock table. IMS Program Restart Facility can be used to specify a list of candidate IMSIDs (as part of an IMSGROUP) that BMPs can signon to in order to avoid U0688 abends without changing the OPT= specification and without waiting for an operator reply to DFS690A messages

3 IBM US Announcement Supplemental Information February 8, 2000 Technical Information Basic License: product. There is no Early Support Plan for this Specified Operating Environment Hardware Requirements: The Program Restart Facility operates on any hardware supporting IMS Versions 5, 6, or 7. Software Requirements: Program Restart Facility operates with the following IMS Versions and requires SMP/E Version 1 ( ) for installation: IMS Version 5 ( ) IMS Version 6 ( ) IMS Version 7 (5655-B01) Security, Auditability, and Control The announced program uses the security and auditability features of the supported IMS and MVS systems. The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities. Customer Financing IBM Global Financing offers attractive financing to credit-qualified commercial and government customers and Business Partners in more than 40 countries around the world. IBM Global Financing is provided by the IBM Credit Corporation in the United States. Offerings, rates, terms, and availability may vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization. Country organizations are listed on the Web at: Ordering Information New Licensees Orders for new licenses can be placed now. Shipment will begin on February 8, Unless a later date is specified, orders entered before February 8, 2000, will be assigned a schedule date of one week following availability. New users of Program Restart Facility for IMS should specify: Type Model 5697 F18 Entry Support License (ESL): To order an ESL license, specify the program number, feature number 9001 for asset registration, and the applicable ESL one-time charge (OTC) feature number. Also specify the feature number of the desired ESL OTC Program Description Number Number Program Restart Facility 5697-F ESL machines can be determined by referring to the IBM Entry End User/390 Attachment (Z ). Parallel Sysplex License Charge (PSLC) Basic License: To order a basic license, specify the program number and feature number 9001 for asset registration. Specify the PSLC Base feature. If applicable, specify the PSLC Level A and PSLC Level B, and PSLC Level C, PSLC Level D features and quantity. If there is more than one program copy in a Parallel Sysplex, the charge for all copies is associated to one license by specifying the applicable PSLC feature numbers and quantity represented by the sum of the Service Units in Millions (MSUs) in your Parallel Sysplex. For all other program copies, specify the PSLC No-Charge (NC) Identifier feature on the licenses. Also, specify the feature number of the desired PSLC PSLC Basic License Machine MLC MSU Capacity Number Description PSLC Base, 1 MSU PSLC Base, 2 MSUs PSLC Base, 3 MSUs 4 to PSLC Level A, 1 MSU 0005 PSLC Level A, 42 MSUs 46 to PSLC Level B, 1 MSU 0007 PSLC Level B, 10 MSUs 0008 PSLC Level B, 50 MSUs 176 to PSLC Level C, 1 MSU 0010 PSLC Level C, 10 MSUs 0011 PSLC Level C, 50 MSUs 316 or more 0012 PSLC Level D, 1 MSU 0013 PSLC Level D, 50 MSUs N/A 0014 PSLC NC Identifier Example 1: For a single machine with 11 MSUs, the PSLC features would be: This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

4 0003 quantity quantity 8 Example 2: For two machines in a Parallel Sysplex, which have an aggregation of 60 MSUs, the PSLC features would be: PSLC chargeable license #1: 0003 quantity quantity quantity quantity 1 PSLC no-charge license #2: 0014 quantity 1 PSLC Basic License: To order a basic license, specify the program number and the feature number 9001 for asset registration. Specify the PSLC Base feature and applicable PSLC Level A and PSLC Level B features and quantity. On a Parallel Sysplex, if there is more than one program copy, the charge for all copies should be associated with one copy by specifying the applicable PSLC feature numbers and the quantity represented by the sum of the Service Units in Millions (MSUs) in your Parallel Sysplex. For all other program copies, specify the PSLC NC Identifier feature. Also, specify the feature number of the desired Single Version Charging: To elect single version charging, the customer must notify and identify to IBM the prior program and replacement program and the designated machine the programs are operating on. Growth Opportunity License Charge (GOLC): To order a Multiprise 3000, specify the program number, feature number 9001 for asset registration, and the GOLC monthly charge feature number from the table below. Also, specify the feature number for the desired Multiprise GOLC 3000 Model Number H H H Basic Machine-Readable Material Distribution Environment Number Medium IMS Program Restart Facility /6250 bpi tape IMS Program Restart Facility cartridge IMS Program Restart Facility mm cartridge Customization Options: Select the appropriate feature numbers to customize your order to specify the delivery options desired. These features can be specified on the initial or MES orders. Example: If publications are not desired for the initial order, specify feature number 3470 to ship media only. For future updates, specify feature number 3480 to ship media updates only. If, in the future, publication updates are required, order an MES to remove feature number 3480; then, the publications will ship with the next release of the program. Description Initial Shipments Number Serial number only (suppresses shipment 3444 of media and documentation) Ship media only (suppresses initial 3470 shipment of documentation) Ship documentation only (suppresses 3471 initial shipment of media) Satellite Electronic Delivery 3450 Update Shipments Ship Media updates only (suppresses 3480 update shipment of documentation) Ship documentation only (suppresses 3481 update shipment of media) Suppress updates (suppresses update 3482 shipment of media and documentation) Satellite Electronic Delivery 3450 Expedite Shipments Local IBM office expedite 3445 (for IBM use only) Customer expedite process charge 3446 ($30 charge for each product) Expedite shipments will be processed to receive 72-hour delivery from the time IBM Software Delivery and Fulfillment (SDF) receives the order. SDF will then ship the order via overnight air transportation. Unlicensed Documentation: A program directory and one copy of the following publications are supplied automatically with the basic machine-readable material. Title Program Restart Facility User s Guide Program Restart Facility Licensed Program Specification Order Number SC GC Additional copies of unlicensed publications are available for a fee immediately. These copies may be ordered from your IBM representative, direct order, or through the Publication Notification System (PNS) available at: Subsequent updates (technical newsletters or revisions between releases) to the publications shipped with the product will be distributed to the user of record for as long as a license for this software remains in effect. A separate publication order or subscription is not needed. Terms and Conditions Licensing: IBM Customer Agreement Variable Charges Apply: No

5 Indexed Monthly License Charge (IMLC) Applies: No Location License Applies: No Use Limitation Applies: No Educational Allowance: customers Volume Discount: Not applicable Replaced Program Program Restart Facility (5697-F18) Warranty Applies: Yes Yes, to qualified education Replacement Program To a follow-on, if any Licensed Program Materials Availability Restricted Materials of IBM: None Non-Restricted Source Materials: None Object Code Only (OCO): All Testing Period: Two months (basic license only) Program Services Support Center applies: Yes. Access is available through the IBM Support Center. Available until discontinued: 12 months written notice. APAR Mailing Address IBM Corporation 555 Bailey Ave San Jose, CA Support Line: Yes Charges Program Restart Facility for IMS Multiprise 3000 GOLC Description Number MLC* H $405 H H * Monthly license charge MSU Description Capacity Number Charge PSLC Base, 1 MSU $134 PSLC Base, 2 MSUs PSLC Base, 3 MSUs PSLC Level A, 1 MSU 4 to PSLC Level A, 42 MSUs PSLC Level B, 1 MSU 46 to PSLC Level B, 10 MSUs PSLC Level B, 50 MSUs PSLC Level C, 1 MSU 176 to PSLC Level C, 10 MSUs PSLC Level C, 50 MSUs PSLC Level D, 1 MSU 316 or more PSLC Level D, 50 MSUs Description Number OTC Entry End User/390 ESL 0018 $831 ESL OTC: An OTC authorizes use only on IBM Entry End User/390 Machines. Order Now Use Priority/Reference Code: LE001 Phone: Fax: Internet: Mail: 800-IBM-CALL 800-2IBM-FAX ibm direct@us.ibm.com IBM Atlanta Sales Center Dept. LE001 P.O. Box 2690 Atlanta, GA You can also contact your local IBM Business Partner or IBM representative. To identify them, call 800-IBM-4YOU. Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date. Trademarks IMS and MVS are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Parallel Sysplex and Multiprise are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure Statements made in this announcement regarding Year 2000 are Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, a U.S. statute enacted on October 19,