
48 IMS in the Parallel Sysplex, Volume I: Reviewing the IMSplex Technology
3.1 Data sharing integrity
To maintain integrity and recoverability in a block level data sharing environment, IMS
provides the following functions:
Database authorization
Interface with DBRC and its RECON data set
Lock management
Use of IRLM V2.1 for lock management
Buffer invalidations
Interface to notification processes
Figure 3-1 presents a pictorial overview of the major integrity elements available to the
Parallel Sysplex data sharing environment.
Figure 3-1 Block level data sharing data integrity components
We examine each of these major data sharing integri ...