It all depends but In general IMS upgrades are easy as IMS is not tightly bound to the data.
The first upgrade beyond V9 is often not easy. It was at V10 that IMS required security to be managed by an external security package like RACF. Prior to that IMS internal security called SMU was an option as well as default security. As an historical asside many early IMS shops did not use default security because it was too restrictive. An IMS upgrade beyond V9 is difficult to the extent that SMU is used. Avram Friedman On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:35:23 -0500, Vince Getgood <getgo...@hotmail.com> wrote: >Thanks to all those that replied. Good to know we aren't the only ones! > >We lost our IMS guy (retired), and are unlikely to replace him. I've never >done an IMS upgrade, so rather than rush into it, I'm probably going to >upgrade z/OS 1st, and approach IMS with caution! > >Thanks again. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
