CONNX Data Integration Suite 14.8.0 | Operations Guide | Working with Database Objects in CONNX | CONNX and VSAM | z/OS | Importing Remote VSAM Files
 
Importing Remote VSAM Files
 
Prerequisites and General Information
Importing Remote VSAM Files With and Without Matching Local Files from COBOL FD Files (CICS) - z/OS
Local and Remote Query Performance
Prerequisites and General Information
CONNX for CICS/VSAM supports CICS remote file access for VSAM Key-Sequenced Data Sets (KSDS). When two or more CICS regions are configured to communicate using either intersystem communication (ISC) or multiregion operation (MRO), the CONNX CICS / VSAM programs installed on one CICS region can access CICS remote files defined on separate CICS regions. Here is an example:
CONNX for CICS/VSAM is installed on region CICS. An MRO link is defined to another region, CICSBETA, which is started on the same z/OS system. Two instances of the CONNX sample VSAM KSDS Customer file are defined on region CICS; the first (CNXCSTK) is local; the second (CNXCSTX) is remote and refers to a copy of the CNXCSTK file defined on region CICSBETA.
Remote File Definition
The screen shot below demonstrates how the remote file CNXCSTX is defined to the local CICS RDO file:
File is "CNXCSTX", Group is "CNXRMTF", Description is "REMOTE FILE DEFINITION FOR CNXCSTK ON CICSBETA VSAM PARAMETERS". DSNAme and Password are not specified. RLaccess is "No", LSrpoolid is "1", READInteg is "Uncommitted". DSNSHaring is "Allreqs", STRings is "001". REMOTESystem is CICB, REMOTEName is CNXCSTK.
The remote attributes map file CNXCSTX to file CNXCSTK on remote system CICB, which is defined as an MRO link to region CICSBETA:
Fields that are not listed here are undefined and/or empty. Connection is "CICB", Group is "CNXMRO", DEscription is "MRO CONNECTION TO CICSBETA". Netname is "CICS2", Accessmethod is "IRc". Singlesess is "No", Datastream is User. RECordformat is "U".
For complete information on how to set up communications between multiple CICS regions, refer to IBM manual CICS Intercommunication Guide, Document Number: SC33-1695-34.