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
