IMS Physical Organization of Databases Workshop

Learn how to design, implement, reorganize, and recover Information Management System (IMS) databases. Practice these skills in intensive machine labs

• Code the Database Directories (DBD) and Program Specification Blocks (PSB) for physical databases
• Code the DBDs and PSBs to implement secondary indexing
• Use the appropriate IMS utilities to reorganize and recover physical databases, including those with secondary indexes
• Use the DL/I test program
• Prepare a job stream to load a database using different IMS access methods