Impact to change PDSESHARING to EXTENDED on IMS tools

Products

• Compress Data Compression (IMS Tools)
• Database Analyzer (IMS Tools)
• Database Analyzer for IMS for z/OS
• Database Copier for IMS for z/OS
• Database Organizer (IMS Tools)
• Database Organizer for IMS for z/OS
• High Performance Recovery for IMS for z/OS
• Mainframe Configuration Manager for IMS for z/OS
• Mainframe Extended Terminal Manager (IMS Tools)
• Mainframe Program Restart Manager for IMS for z/OS
• Secondary Index Builder for IMS for z/OS
• Secondary Index for IMS for z/OS
• IMS TOOLS - MISC

Issue/Introduction

Does changing the PDSE SHARING setting in IGDSMSxx from NORMAL to EXTENDED affect the IMS tools suite?

Resolution

Changing the PDSE SHARING setting in IGDSMSxx from NORMAL to EXTENDED does NOT affect the operation of the product.