Required Skills

GSAM PSINDEX

Work Authorization

  • US Citizen

  • Green Card

  • EAD (OPT/CPT/GC/H4)

  • H1B Work Permit

Preferred Employment

  • Corp-Corp

Employment Type

  • Consulting/Contract

education qualification

  • UG :- - Not Required

  • PG :- - Not Required

Other Information

  • No of position :- ( 1 )

  • Post :- 19th Aug 2022

JOB DETAIL

  • Database Administration
    • Knowledge of IMS database organization using access methods of VSAM and OSAM
    • Full function database organization types
    • HSAM, HISAM, SHISAM, HDAM, HIDAM, INDEX, GSAM
    • Definition and use of LOGICAL databases
    • HALDB (partitioned): PHDAM, PHIDAM, ILDS, PSINDEX, etc.
    • Fast Path databases (DEDBs)
  • Database Design and related utilities
    • DBD source coding and DBDGEN
    • PSBGEN source coding and PSBGEN
    • How databases are processed using secondary indexes (PROCSEQ=)
    • Correct usage of PROCOPT= to minimize database locking
    • ACBGEN
    • Online Change
    • IMS commands related to ACB and FORMAT changes
  • Coding and usage of IMS reorganization utilities (including IBM, BMC, CA), including: unload, prefix resolution, reload, prefix update, secondary index build, image copy, and pointer checker
  • Support planned (disaster recovery) and unplanned (emergency) database recovery activities
    • Knowledge of log archive and change accumulation utilities
    • How to perform a log archive on demand
    • Knowledge of IMS DB recovery utility
    • How to use DBRC to generate JCL for forward recovery and point-in-time database recovery.
  • Database monitoring
    • Space management
    • Database dataset space reporting for proactive outage avoidance.
    • How to immediately fix an out of space condition for a VSAM database dataset
    • Identification and resolution of performance issues
    • Online tracing - Usage of IMS TRACE commands and associated utilities for spot monitoring of online program/transaction activity
    • Extracting information from IMS logs using DFSERA10 and related utilities DFSUTR20 and DFSUTR30
    • Use of DFSDDLT0 utility to access data
    • Program/transaction monitoring – Familiarity with usage of IBM’s IMS performance Analyzer product is a plus
    • Using DBRC to monitor database activity

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