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10.2.2 Joining
One can combine multiple, somewhat independent, IMS systems into an IMSplex. This
situation might arise when these multiple IMS systems need to share a subset of the
enterprise's databases. The combining of multiple IMS systems is called
joining
. When joining
is used, the IMSplex is not viewed as a single provider of service to the end user community.
Rather, it continues to be viewed as multiple, independent providers of IMS service.
An example of joining could be a situation where there are three IMS systems on three
different OS/390 systems, each one handling the IMS processing requirements for three
different manufacturing plants. The vast majority ...