Virtual Storage Access Method
From EDM2
Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) is a DASD file storage access method, used in following IBM operating systems:
- OS/VS1
- OS/VS2 Release 1 (SVS)
- OS/VS2 Release 2 (MVS)
Data Set Organizations
- Key Sequenced Data Set (KSDS)
- Relative Record Data Set (RRDS)
- Entry Sequenced Data Set (ESDS)
- Linear Data Set (LDS)
Publications
- Doug Lowe: VSAM Access Method Services and Application Programming - Mike Murach & Associates 1986, ISBN 0-911625-33-X
- James Martin: VSAM: Access Method Services and Programming Techniques - 1987, ISBN 0-13-944174-3
- Jay Ranade: VSAM Performance, Design, and Fine Tuning - Macmillan 1987, ISBN 0-02-948631-9
- Jay Ranade: VSAM Performance, Design, and Fine Tuning 2nd Edition - McGraw-Hill 1989 - ISBN 0-07-051245-0
- SG24-6105-02 VSAM Demystified (Mar 2013)