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

Supported databases

FM/IMS supports the following databases:

HDAM: Hierarchical Direct Access Method
HIDAM: Hierarchical Index Direct Access Method
HISAM: Hierarchical Index Sequential Access Method
SHISAM: Simple Hierarchical Index Sequential Access Method
HSAM: Hierarchical Sequential Access Method (BSAM or QSAM only)
SHSAM: Simple Hierarchical Sequential Access Method (BSAM or QSAM)
INDEX: Index database
DEDB: Data Entry Database (Fast Path)
MSDB: Main Storage database (Fast Path)
PHDAM: Partitioned Hierarchical Direct Access Method (HALDB)
PHIDAM: Partitioned Hierarchical Index Direct Access Method (HALDB)
PSINDEX: Partitioned Secondary Index (HALDB)