VSE/VSAM (AMSERV Command)

You may use the IMPORT and EXPORT functions of VSE/VSAM to transfer data between a tape and VSAM data sets. Use the AMSERV command to do this. The tape format created by EXPORT to be received by IMPORT is a special format used just for them.

You may use the REPRO function of VSE/VSAM to transfer data between one tape and another, or between a tape and a VSE-formatted non-VSAM disk. Use the AMSERV command to do this. The tape format, written by REPRO and expected by REPRO, is a standard VSE format, which is almost identical with the standard MVS tape formats. Considering VSE simulation only reads and writes the VSE/AF Version 1 file system, and the VSE/AF Version 1 is obsolete, this function does not have much use.

For more information about the VSE/VSAM (AMSERV command), see z/VM: CMS Application Development Guide for Assembler.