Accessing VSAM Files

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Hi,

I need to read/write data from/to VSAM files in the Mainframe System.I am not sure whether webMethods 6.0.1 Mainframe adapter supports to access this VSAM file OR Do I need to use the flat file feature in webMethods 6.0.1.

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks

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Sandy,

We had the same requirement. Fortunately we had Informatica PowerConnect for Mainframe and this allowed us to read/write vsam files from/to the mainframe. We used an Oracle table as the “bridge” between webMethods and Informatica.

If you don’t have Informatica, you could write a custom CICS program to interact with a VSAM file and then use webMethods mainframe to interact with your CICS program. We considered this but decide against it because we had the Informatica option.

Regards,

Wayne