The IMS TM compatible transaction manager is the production transaction processing engine used to deploy IMS TM-based applications to run on Linux, UNIX, and Windows target environments. It provides support for the following:
- IMS transactions and communications
- MFS screen management
- System administration, monitoring, and diagnostics
- DL/I Interface Functions
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- System Service Functions
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- CHKP
- INIT
- INQY (DBQUERY, ENVIRON, PROGRAM)
- ROLL
- ROLB
- SYNC
- XRST
- Transaction Types
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- Conversational
- Non-conversational
- Response Mode
- Non-response Mode
- BMP Outbound Messages
- A BMP (batch message processor) is a program executed by JCL. It does not have access to the IMS input message queue; however, it can send outbound messages such as checkpoint, restart, and other system service calls via an I/O PCB defined in the Linkage Section.
- Transaction Scheduling
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- Class codes
- Prioritization
- Serialized or parallel transaction processing control
- Message Region Management
- This is part of the ESMAC SEP process. From here you can start and stop IMS message regions.
- Start/Stop region
- Control by transaction class
- 3270 Devices
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- Models 2, 3, 4, and 5
- TN3270 interface
- MFS or Bypass MFS Mode
- Programming Languages
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- Supported MFS features
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- 3270 devices
- Logical and physical paging
- Multi-segmented messages
- Dynamic and default attributes, extended attributes, cursor positioning
- Printer support
- Password support
- MFS segment exit
- MFS field exit
- MFS language control
- DBCS and mixed-mode character support
- IMS Connect
- This is an emulation of IBM IMS Connect.
