A Practical Guide to ICF Catalogs

Download or read book A Practical Guide to ICF Catalogs written by Keith Winnard and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication gives a broad understanding of integrated catalog facility (ICF) catalog environments. It includes suggestions for design, planning, and deployment tasks to help you create and maintain a balanced and efficient catalog environment. Four scenarios are provided to illustrate sample implementations of typical activities that are associated with an organization's requirements. Chapter 5, "Record-level sharing support for ICF catalogs" describes Record Level Sharing (RLS) for Catalogs and shows the results of our tests in a controlled laboratory environment. This version of the book is set at the IBM z/OS V2R2 level. This publication is for readers who want to gain an understanding of ICF catalogs and the considerations and practices that surround an ICF catalog environment deployment.