5 Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for IMS Users Utilities

The following figure depicts the MFSGEN workflow.

Figure 5-1 MFSGEN Utility


MFSGEN Utility

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Tuxedo ART for IMS uses the following utilities:

5.1 chgcobol.sh

Used to switch the COBOL runtime between Micro Focus COBOL and COBOL-IT if both exist. It can also show the current COBOL runtime being used without any arguments. For more information, see Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for IMS Reference Guide

5.2 DFSRRC00

Used to activate the ARTIBMP server which is always waiting for the input from DFSRRC00. The parameter of DFSRRC00 is a string, which should be passed from the script converted by workbench from JCL.

5.3 MFSGEN

This utility is used for ART MFS development. It converts user-written control statements to MFS binary control blocks.

Figure 5-1 depicts the MFSGEN workflow. For more information, see Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for IMS Reference Guide

5.4 odbactl

Open system tool used to stop ODBA proxy on z/OS, check status of ODBA proxy on z/OS, show existing connections, and check if PSB is properly defined.

5.5 odbastop

An open system tool used to stop ODBA proxy on z/OS.

5.6 prepro-ims.pl

Used to transfer C programs (on z/OS) to proper C program format that can be invoked by Tuxedo ART for IMS. For more information, see Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for IMS Reference Guide

5.7 RUNPROXY

A z/OS command used to start ODBA proxy on z/OS.

5.8 STOPROXY

A z/OS command used to stop ODBA proxy on z/OS.