Customizing File Manager IMS™ Component
- Preparing to customize FM/IMS
  - Checklist for installing and customizing FM/IMS
  - Supported databases
  - Region types
  - PSB types
  - IMS™ region controller parameters
  - Security
    This section outlines how you can protect IMS™ resources that can be accessed through FM/IMS functions.
  - IMS™ subsystem access
  - Avoiding resource contention
  - IMS™ management of ACBs
    This topic describes how FM/IMS operates when IMS™ is configured to manage the runtime application control blocks (ACBs).
  - Templates
    FM/IMS uses templates to format database segments into their individual fields. One template is required for each database.
  - Alternatives for making FM/IMS available
  - Alternatives for controlling FM/IMS auditing
- Customizing the operating environment for FM/IMS
- Customizing FM/IMS
- Customizing the FM/IMS security environment
- Customizing the File Manager audit facility for IMS™ component
- Customizing FM/IMS for national languages
  You can customize FM/IMS for national languages other than English.
- Verifying the customization of FM/IMS

Preparing to customize FM/IMS

Before you can install and customize FM/IMS, you must have installed the File Manager Base function. These topics assume you have installed FM/IMS into the same target and distribution libraries as File Manager Base function. You could encounter problems using File Manager if you do not install FM/IMS in the same libraries as the File Manager Base function.

Furthermore, before you can use FM/IMS you must customize FM/IMS and the operating environment. You may also need to customize the File Manager Base function. For information on customizing the File Manager Base function, see Customizing File Manager.

Summary of steps for customizing FM/IMS and the operating environment lists the customization tasks you can perform for FM/IMS. Review the following sections in this chapter, and read the referenced sections in the table, to determine the customization you need to do.