Server Instance Properties: MSS IMS General

Use this page to enable Mainframe Subsystem Support (MSS) and configure IMS support for this enterprise server.

To access this page:

  1. From the Enterprise Server Administration home page, at the left of the Enterprise Server instance to configure, click Edit.
  2. On the server instance screen, select the Server > Properties > MSS > IMS > General tabs.
IMS enabled

Indicates whether or not IMS is enabled for this enterprise server.

Codeset bias

Choose the default codeset to use for transactions running on this enterprise server:

  • ASCII - Transactions use ASCII.
  • EBCDIC - Transactions use EBCDIC.
Configuration directory

This field is no longer used.

GEN file directory

Specify the location for the .dat, .idx, and .acb files produced by DBDGENs, IMSGENs and PSBGENs.