System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS) has recently released the small product enhancement APAR OA43387 which contains improvements for the Relational Data Services (RDS).

RDS helps you to organize large amount of data. Instead of using large sets of variables, you can use RDS in order to collect, update and retrieve data in relational tables similar to SQL tables. The access method is command INGRDS. If you want to use command INGRDS it is recommended to install this support.

Benefits

• New functions for mass insert, mass update and much more.
• Removal of limitations.
• Performance improvements while archiving RDS tables.

Prerequisites

To benefit from these enhancements you must

• Install SA z/OS V3.4 and PTF UA71717
• Recycle the SA/NetView Agent

Further reading

For more information about the most recent RDS enhancements, please refer to the RDS wiki in the System Automation for z/OS wiki .