z/VSE connectors and tools

Write Java applications that access z/VSE data and functionality.

APAR level: z/VSE 6.2: PH08671

Redirect all accesses to a VSAM file into any file system or database on a Java-enabled platform.

APAR level: z/VSE 6.2: PH17722; Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Allow z/VSE applications to access a relational database on any suitable database server.

APAR level: z/VSE 6.2: GA

Provide access to z/VSE resources using the Java-based connectors without writing Java programs.

APAR level: z/VSE 6.2: GA; Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Provide the server part of the VSE Virtual Tape functionality.

APAR level: z/VSE 6.2: PI92815

Allow TCP/IP apps to communicate with the TCP/IP stack on Linux on Z without a TCP/IP stack on z/VSE.

APAR level: z/VSE 6.2: GA

Provides access to remote WebSphere MQ servers from z/VSE applications.

Utilize a user interface for the z/VSE operating system. Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Create a data map for a given VSE/VSAM file. Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Use Web Services with your existing CICS programs.

Access z/VSE resources using the Java-based Connector. Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Run Java applications, provided with the VSE Connector components, as a Windows service in the background.

Print VSE/POWER list queue entries on any locally- or LAN-attached printer.

Manage z/VSE-specific public key infrastructure.

Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Query an LDAP server from programs and retrieve attributes of an LDAP user.

Control the profile definitions in the BSM control file.

Add self-written security checks with a pre- and post-processing interface.

Support z/VSE language tasks by exploiting the Connector infrastructure.

Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Use extra run-time library extensions, designed to enhance functions available with LE for z/VSE.

Get ZIP support based on the Open Source package zlib.

Use a Java API to access system-related z/VSE system parameters.

Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Access security-related z/VSE system parameters with a Java API. Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Provides functions, such as submitting jobs, issuing console commands and downloading files.

Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Measure the CPU utilization of your z/VSE system over a period of time.

Read IP packet traces captured with TCP/IP for z/VSE and convert them into the CAP trace format.

Provide analysis (extent, space map, capacity, HALRBA/HUSRBA, and data space).

Ease application problem analysis with an execution statement history prior to any subsequent application failure.

Retrieve, display, and analyze performance data from a z/VSE system with a Java-based utility.

Prerequisite: VSE Connector Client

Obtain information about all of the logical volumes a TS7700 manages.

Read a tape image in AWSTAPE format and print a summary of the contents of the tape.

Generate a z/VSE Installed Software Report used for Shop Z.