Delete/Define Entry panel

The Delete/Define Entry panel is the first panel in the Delete/Define dialog. It is displayed when you select option 1 (Delete/Define) on the Utility Menu panel.

On this panel, you specify:
  • The name of the database whose data sets you want to delete and redefine.
  • The ID of the IMS subsystem that the database whose data sets you want to delete and redefine is defined in.
  • Whether you want the Delete/Define to obtain the database data set names from the user profile or from the DFSMDA dynamic allocation members.
  • Whether or not you want to skip the display of the Database Data Set Specification/Display panel.

Panel and field definitions

Figure 1. Delete/Define Entry panel
  Process   Options   Help
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 FM/IMS                    Delete/Define Entry Panel

 IMS:
    Subsystem name  . . IF52
    Database name . . . DJ1E    

 Processing Options:
    Fetch DB dsnames from                   Enter "/" to select option
    1  1. User profile                         Skip DB data set panel
       2. DFSMDA members









 Command ===>                                                                  
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=CRetriev  F7=Backward  F8=Forward
  F9=Swap     F10=Actions  F12=Cancel                                           
IMS Subsystem Name
The ID of the IMS subsystem in which the database whose data sets you want to delete/define is defined.

FM/IMS searches the FM/IMS installation options module for the subsystem with the specified name. If you enter either no subsystem name or a subsystem name pattern, the Subsystem Selection panel is displayed. You can select a subsystem from the list of subsystems displayed on that panel.

IMS Database name
The name of the database whose data sets you want to delete and redefine. When the database you specify is logically related to other databases, the Delete/Define also deletes and redefines the data sets of the logically related databases.

FM/IMS searches either an IMS catalog or DBD libraries for a DBD with the specified name. Which of these two sources is searched depends on whether or not the selected subsystem uses IMS-managed ACBs.

If the selected subsystem uses IMS-managed ACBs, then FM/IMS searches the IMS catalog that the subsystem uses.

Otherwise, FM/IMS searches user- or administrator-specified DBD libraries. The libraries that are searched depend on which subsystem you select, so they are called the DBD libraries for the selected subsystem.

The DBD libraries for the selected subsystem are displayed on the PSB and DBD Data Sets panel and may or may not be fixed by the FM/IMS administrator.

If the DBD libraries for the subsystem are fixed, the DBD Data set name fields on the PSB and DBD Data Sets panel are protected and you must use the DBD libraries that the administrator has specified. Otherwise, these fields are not protected and you are free to modify the list of DBD libraries that FM/IMS searches.

FM/IMS searches the DBD libraries in the order in which they are specified and uses the first DBD it finds with the specified name.

IMS requires these DBDs to be in at least one of the specified DBD libraries:
  • The DBD for the database that you specify.
  • The DBD for each database that is logically related to the database that you specify.

If you enter either no database name or a database name pattern, the Database Selection panel is displayed. You can select a database from the list of databases displayed on that panel.

Fetch DB dsnames from
If you select a database that is not a HALDB and an IMS subsystem that is not a dynamic allocation only subsystem, specify one of these options:
1. User profile
The Delete/Define deletes and redefines the database data sets whose names were saved in your user profile.
2. DFSMDA members
The Delete/Define deletes and redefines the database data sets specified in the DFSMDA dynamic allocation members.
Note: This field is ignored when you specify either:
  • A database that is a HALDB, or
  • An IMS subsystem that is defined as dynamic allocation only in the FM/IMS installation option module.
Skip DB data set panel
When selected, FM/IMS does not display the Database Data Set Specification or the Database Data Set Display panel.

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