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mukesh sheoran
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full form of idcams

Post by mukesh sheoran » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:48 am

can any one tell me the full form of utilty IDCAMS

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Post by Dhathri » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:27 pm

Hi,

I know the full for of IDCAMS partially.
CAMS is for Catalog Management Systems.
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Dhathri.

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CAMS is for Catalog management systems

Post by Dhathri » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:30 pm

Hi Mukesh,

I know the answer partially.
CAMS is for Catalog Management Systems.
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Dhathri.

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Post by ovreddy » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:53 am

Hi Mukesh,

IBM module names contain a prefix which relates to a component and product. The "IDC" in IDCAMS is the prefix IBM has assigned to Access Method Services (AMS), which is part of DFSMSdfp. The "AMS" is an abbreviation for Access Method Services.

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Re: full form of idcams

Post by innocent » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:32 pm

Hi Mukesh,


what Dhathri said is worng ..the full name of it is
integrated data clustring access method(IDCAM)

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Post by chandanyadav » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:34 pm

IDCAMS: Integrated Data Cluster Access Method Services

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