Hardware and software prerequisites

Before you install and configure IMS™ HP Load, make sure that your environment meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.

Software requirements

IMS High Performance Load for z/OS® operates in a z/OS environment. Its operating system requirements are the same as those for IMS supported by IMS High Performance Load for z/OS.

IMS High Performance Load for z/OS requires one of the currently supported versions of IMS or IMS Database Value Unit Edition.

Note: In these topics, all supported versions of IMS are referred to as IMS, except where distinctions among them need to be made.

IMS High Performance Load for z/OS supports the data conversion exit of IMS. For this support, it requires IMS/ESA® Year 2000 Exit Tool Release 1 (5697-E04).

IMS High Performance Load for z/OS supports only the exit routines for data conversion that are provided by this product.

To store IMS HP Load reports in the IMS Tools Knowledge Base server (ITKBSRVR=server_name option), IBM® Tools Base IMS Tools Knowledge Base for z/OS, Version 1 Release 4 or later must be installed.

Physical Sequence Sort for Reload requires DFSORT (Data Facility Sort), which is a part of z/OS. It is the same as when you specify YES for the SORT control statement.

To write the user exit routine, use:

Enterprise COBOL for z/OS
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS

To use the user exit routine that is written in one of these languages, you must use it in Language Environment®.

Hardware requirements

The hardware requirements are the same as those for IMS.