VSAM2DB2 - Easy Migration & Transparency in MVS,OS/390,Z/OS from Vsam to DB2 .

<BODY> <H1> VSAM2DB2- <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_dico.html#transparency"><strong>Transparency</STRONG></A> for Batch & <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_dico.html#CICS"><strong> CICS</STRONG></A> - Easy data <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_dico.html"><strong>migration</strong></a> from <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_dico.html#vsam"><strong> vsam </strong></a> to <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_dico.html#DB2"><strong>DB2</STRONG></a> and Program Transparency.</H1> <H2> vsam to DB2 <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_dico.html"><strong>conversion</strong></a>, data migration and Transparency with no CICS or BATCH program recompilation & No JCL conversion. Transparency guarantees application investment legacy</H2> <BR><H2> conversion, data migration for MVS,OS/390 & Z/OS </H2> <P> XTSOFT announces the new vsam2db2 - Transparency for Batch & CICS - 6.1.0 version, fully automated conversion from <a href="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_pres.html">VSAM to DB2.</a> No CICS or BATCH program recompilation needed.High performance guaranteed(static sql,low overhead). the only tool able to execute a full migration of <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_home.html"> vsam environment </a> of individual file.Old program believes to access a vsam file, while accessing a DB2 table,through <a href ="http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/vsam2db2_dico.html#transparency"><strong> vsam transparency</strong></a> engine.</P> <h2> DB2 versus VSAM</h2> <p>The advantages of DB2 vs vsam are well-known by everyone: the DB2 Request is easier to write: You specify "what you want", never the way to access the data. At the same time, you can access the Database by Ad-Hoc Queries. Conversion, data migration for MVS,OS/390 & Z/OS But they are a lot of reasons not to execute a Conversion, data migration in MVS,OS/390 or Z/OS to DB2: A tricky Data migration & conversion, in fact you must: take in account all vsam organizations (KSDS, ESDS, RRDS and AIX) for migration vsam data unreliable data conversion and manage records having multiple occurrences fields A very laborious program conversion, in which you have to: </p> <ul> <li> Rewrite vsam commands to DB2 statements in CICS & BATCH programs in Z/OS, MVS,OS/390, often heavy and complex </li> <li> Conversion, at the same time, of all the programs (Batch and CICS) associated to the migrated vsam file</li> </ul> <h2>Migration From vsam to DB2 with VSAM2DB2 - xtsoft Transparency for Batch and CICS -</h2> <h2>For data</h2> <p>You need to define under VSAM2DB2 - Transparency for CICS or BATCH - utility running in TSO environment, the vsam files you want a migration to DB2. Automatically VSAM2DB2 - Transparency for Batch or CICS - executes conversion of these files in DB2 tables For Batch and CICS Programs CICS and Batch Programs are not to be modified or recompiled, only a VSAM2DB2 - Transparency for Batch & CICS - control table has to be defined: At execution time, for your old BATCH or CICS programs accessing the new DB2 tables, a Transparency interface will translate automatically, vsam requests in static DB2 requests.</p> VSAM2DB2 - Transparency for CICS or Batch in MVS,OS/390,Z/OS environments- handles:<br> <ul> <li>the conversion & migration from vsam files to DB2 tables.</li> <li>the transparency of your old Batch and CICS programs, without any modification or recompiling.</li> </ul> <br>This ideal scenario can become reality.</br> XT-SOFT offers you vsam2DB2 - Transparency for cics and Batch - in MVS, OS/390 and z/OS environments. <h2><a href="news/"> NEW FEATURES</a></h2> <br> <p> <h3>To accelerate the process:</h3><br > VSAM2DB2 allows the use of COPYLIB members to accelerate the data definition and mapping process. <br> <h3>To facilitate testing:</h3><br> VSAM2DB2 lets you activate transparency <b>only for certain terminals or batch runs</b>. It provides a TSO DB2 table editor to modify DB2 data or validate your test results.<br> <h3>To increase your confidence:</h3><br> VSAM2DB2 provides a batch utility which gives a fallback capability by recreating the VSAM files from the DB2 tables. VSAM2DB2 offers a unique software mirroring facility to maintain and update both the VSAM file and the DB2 tables from the same applications.  This allows you to keep an immediate fallback solution until you are 100% confident in the product. </p> </p> </body>