IMS™ operations can be done from an IMS master terminal operator console, which is usually the primary MVS™ console. This can be the primary MVS console, but you are advised to have a secondary MVS console that is specifically dedicated to DBCTL. We refer to this as the DBCTL console.
You can choose to issue operator commands to DBCTL from a CICS® terminal, using a CICS-supplied transaction, CDBM, as described in CDBM operator transaction.
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