1. IMS region automation at BNP Paribas Fortis
GSE IMS 9 November 2017
Eddy Tiels

2. Contents
Introduction
Setup
Monitoring
Future
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3. Introduction
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4. IMS V14 DB/DC (IMS V13 in PROD + QFIX) DB2 V11 MQ V8 WAS IBM IMS Tools
Introduction
Software used
IMS V14 DB/DC (IMS V13 in PROD + QFIX)
DB2 V11
MQ V8
WAS
IBM IMS Tools
Omegamon 5.3
Tivoli System Automation 6.2 (TSA)
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5. Introduction
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6. Region setup in 5 groups automated by TSA
Regions for Bank office applications
Regions for Electronic Banking
Regions for shared Bank applications
Regions for AG Insurance
Regions available on all subsystems
Regions started initially:
IMP1/IMP2 : 90
IMP3/IMP4 : 120
IMP7/IMP8 : 80
All regions are PWFI except during maintenance window
Preload lists created for those running more then 1 TXN
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7. Region groups are created based on CL1 parameter
Setup
Classes
Region groups are created based on CL1 parameter
Most Regions only have CL1 specified
Older regions have up to 4 classes defined
About 149 different classes are defined
121 serving 1 transaction
16 serving up to 20 transactions
12 serving more then 20 transactions
Special classes
Class 9 = Technical issue
Class 10 = Application unavailable
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8. Region group definitions
Setup
Region group definitions
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9. Setup
Region definitions
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10. Region overview in group
Setup
Region overview in group
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11. Transaction queuing for all classes (every minute)
Monitoring
Transaction queuing for all classes (every minute)
Standard region setup for normal work
When queuing extra regions will be started
Stop extra regions when workload drops
Alerting for critical transactions when all extra regions are started and still queuing (exceptions allowed)
When region occupation is to high (70%=high/30% normal), extra regions are also started to prevent queuing
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12. Monitoring
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13. Monitoring
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14. Monitoring
DISCLS : Display regions for a class IM$DREG : Display region activity
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15. Monitoring
IM$CLREG : Verify Class between TSA and JCL
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16. Monitoring STSTREG : restart 1 or more regions without impact
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17. Monitoring
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18. Monitoring
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19. Monitoring
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20. Split of Mobile Banking and Easy Banking web
Future
Split of Mobile Banking and Easy Banking web
New Regions identically setup as current regions
Improved monitoring
Improved accounting
IMS system parameters (from 1 to 999)
MAXCLAS
MAXREGN (or in DFSPBxx member with PST=xxx)
Review of number of regions by group
Add History of Start / Stop of extra regions
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21. Questions ?