IMS/ESA Shared Queues: A Planning Guide

This IBM Redbooks publication presents a case study of the planning and preparation for
the implementation of IMS shared queues using IMS/ESA Version 6 at IBM
Global Services Australia (IGSA) for Telstra in Melbourne, Australia.

The steps that were taken to plan, prepare, and implement this project
are outlined, with details on the challenges presented to IGSA during
the migration and implementation of the solutions.

This book provides IMS system programmers, systems and applications
designers, database administrators, and applications programmers who
are responsible for the implementation of IMS shared queues with
information regarding a case study of a migration to that environment.

Chapter 1 contains an introduction to Telstra and the IBM Global
Services Australia environment, and the rest of the book contains a
summary of our conclusions and outlines the tasks required.

Some knowledge of IMS shared queues, sysplex environments, and the
coupling facility,of recovery procedures for failures in complex IMS
recovery procedures for failures in complex IMS
environments, and of the role of the coupling facility in support of
IMS are assumed. This information is available from several sources,
including IMS Education and Training class CM61, 'IMS/ESA Version 6
Shared Queues'.