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IMS in the Parallel Sysplex Volume I: Reviewing the IMSplex Technology
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IMS in the Parallel Sysplex Volume I: Reviewing the IMSplex Technology

by Jouko Jantti, Juan Jesœs Iniesta Mart’nez, Knut Kubein, Bill Stillwell, Gary Wicks
March 2003
Intermediate to advanced
282 pages
9h 13m
English
IBM Redbooks
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Chapter 11. VTAM Generic Resources 241
򐂰 Generic resource member
A generic resource member (GR member) is an IMS system belonging to a generic
resource group.
򐂰 Affinity
A terminal currently in session with a system in a generic resource group is said to have
an affinity to that system. A terminal with a significant status in IMS, such as a terminal
operating in conversational mode, is said to have an affinity in VTAM to that IMS, even if
the terminal is not currently in session with IMS.
A terminal that has a requirement to connect to a particular IMS due to protocol or integrity
is said to have a session affinity to that IMS. The affinity remains after session termination.
򐂰 ACB
ACB is the term used to describe the application program network ...
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