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Chapter 8. Sysplex terminal management
(STM)
In an IMSplex, IMS operations and users are faced with the complexities of managing
resources which may have been defined to multiple IMSs within the IMSplex, but which must
be managed with the same level of control as if there were a single IMS.
For example, in a single IMS, a single session NODE can log on only once, an LTERM can be
assigned to only one NODE at a time and therefore can be active only once, optionally, a
USER can be signed on only once, and so on. A single IMS can enforce this because that
single IMS is aware of all instances of ...