general | April 07, 2026

RMGR startup keyword summary - Documentation for IMS Database Guides 3.0

GMTTABLEMEM

Member name

None

No

Specifies name of member in which GMT table is stored

GMTTABLEPDS

Data set name

None

No

Specifies name of PDS in which GMT table is stored

IMSID

IMS ID

None

Yes

Identifies IMS systems for RMGR to serve

JOBPDS

Data set name

None

Yes

Identifies PDS to contain recovery JCL

RECOVERYDBR

YES

NO

YES

No

Controls whether /DBR commands can be issued by the Create Recovery JCL function

REPOSITORYBASE

Data set name

None

Yes

Identifies VSAM KSDS repository to use for RMGR

SECUREREPOSITORY

NO

YES

NO

No

Specifies whether to use repository security checking

SHAREGROUP

Sharegroup name

None

No, if one IMS ID; yes, if more than one IMS ID

Indicates that the RMGR is a member of the named sharegroup

TASKLIMIT

01 to 99

10

No

Specifies maximum number of concurrent tasks

TRACE

NO

YES

NO

No

Indicates whether to enable Global Trace option

TSONOTIFY

NO

YES

NO

No

Indicates whether to send TSO notify messages to users when RMGR functions have completed