This checklist covers the tasks required to prepare the operating environment and configure the IMS Log Reader Data Capture. Before beginning these tasks however, the base Connect CDC (SQData) product must be installed.
| # | Task | Sample JCL | z/OS Control Center |
| Prepare Environment | |||
| 1 | Identify Source and Target System and Datastores | N/A | |
| 2 | Modify Procedure Lib (PROCLIB) Members | N/A | |
| 3 | Verify Product is Linked | SQDLINKA | |
| 4 | Link-edit IMS related modules | SQDLINKJ | |
| 5 | Verify APF Authorization of LOADL/IB | N/A | |
| 6 | Create z/OS System LogStreams (DASD Only or CF-Structure) | IXCMDEFL | |
| 7 | Create ZFS Variable Directories | ALLOCZDR | |
| 8 | Reserve TCP/IP Ports | N/A | |
| 9 | Identify/Authorize User/Started task IDs zFS directory access | RACFZFS | |
| 10 | Generate z/OS Public/Private keys and Authorized Key File | NACLKEYS | |
| 11 | Restrictions | N/A | |
| Environment Preparation Complete | |||
| Setup Log Reader Capture Agent | |||
| 1 | Modify IMS DBDs for capture | N/A | |
| 2 | Create the Log Reader CAB file | SQDCONIC | * |
| 3 | Prepare the Log Reader Capture Runtime JCL | SQDIMSC | * |
| IMS Capture Setup Complete | |||
| Setup CDCzLog Publisher Agent | |||
| 1 | Create the CDCzLog Publisher CAB file | SQDCONIP | * |
| 2 | Prepare the CDCzLog Publisher Runtime JCL | SQDZLOGC | * |
| IMS Publisher Setup Complete | |||
| Setup Controller Daemon | |||
| 1 | Create Access Control List (acl.cfg) | CRDAEMON | * |
| 2 | Create Agent Configuration File (sqdagents.cfg) | CRDAEMON | * |
| 3 | Prepare z/OS Controller Daemon JCL | SQDAEMON | * |
| Controller Daemon Setup Complete | |||
| Configure Apply Engine | |||
| 1 | Determine Requirements | N/A | * |
| 2 | Prepare Apply Engine Environment | N/A | * |
| 3 | Create Apply Engine Script | N/A | * |
| Engine Configuration Complete | |||
| Component Verification | |||
| 1 | Verify Change Data Capture | IXCMCOPY | |
| 2 | Start the Log Reader instance | SQDIMSC | |
| 3 | Start the Controller Daemon | SQDAEMON | |
| 4 | Start the Engine | SQDATA | |
| Verification Complete | |||
The remainder of this section provides detailed instructions for each of these tasks.