Not wishing to denigrate CA-Datacom or VSAMT but the original request was to retrieve data from VSAM. Your proposal would require CA-Datacom, VSAMT, CICS Service Facility. You are proposing a million dollar solution together with the requirement to install and maintain a database with a shrinking expertise base.
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Bill Ashton <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I am not sure about that document, but we have been z/OS forever, > with no VSE. The VSAMT tool allows the VSAM file to be incorporated into > the Datacom database environment, and is therefore treated like almost > every other database. This means that it is accessible from other mainframe > applications. Also the Datacom Server allows access to Datacom databases > from ODBC and JDBC connections. So I would expect that if your Linux > applications support the use of JDBC/ODBC, then they could use Datacom > Server as well. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Govind Chettiar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 10:39:03 -0400, Bill Ashton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >If you need near-time or real-time access to the data, I would recommend > > >you look at CA Technologies product called VSAM Transparency for > > >Datacom/DB. Having used this for a lot of years, it was great. The > > >20-second description is that it allows your application programs to > > >continue accessing the database as if it was VSAM, but you also get the > > >benefit of a full-blown database file (concurrent online and batch > > updates, > > >SQL access, access through a server, etc.). It is really pretty great to > > >use, fairly easy to implement (I believe - I didn't do it), but it is > not > > >free. We used it for quite a while and converted a couple vendor > > >applications using VSAM to the database, and the vendor code had no > > >problems. The only real changes were to JCL and to the FCT in CICS. > > > > > >Billy > > > > > > > Billy, > > We're not a Datacom shop and I'm not sure if this is a product that > > enables access to the VSAM datasets from a Linux platform either. Based > on > > what you have said it looks like this is meant for applications that are > on > > zOS? In fact the datasheet at this link > > > > > http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/datacom_ideal/infodocs/vseesa_dbtransoptvsam21.asp > > says operating platform is VSE. > > Thanks! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
