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==Data Set Organizations== | ==Data Set Organizations== | ||
*Key Sequenced Data Set (KSDS) | *Key Sequenced Data Set (KSDS) - similar to Indexed Sequential Access Method ([[ISAM]]) dataset | ||
*Relative Record Data Set (RRDS) | *Relative Record Data Set (RRDS) - similar to Basic Direct Access Method (BDAM) datasets | ||
*Entry Sequenced Data Set (ESDS) | *Entry Sequenced Data Set (ESDS) - similar to Basic Sequential Access Methid (BSAM) or Queued Sequential Access Method (QSAM) datasets | ||
*Linear Data Set (LDS) | *Linear Data Set (LDS) | ||
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*[http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246105.pdf SG24-6105-02] VSAM Demystified (Mar 2013) | *[http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246105.pdf SG24-6105-02] VSAM Demystified (Mar 2013) | ||
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*[http://www.jaymoseley.com/hercules/vs_tutor/vstutor.htm VSAM Tutorial] | |||
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Revision as of 03:32, 20 October 2018
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) - similar to Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) dataset
- Relative Record Data Set (RRDS) - similar to Basic Direct Access Method (BDAM) datasets
- Entry Sequenced Data Set (ESDS) - similar to Basic Sequential Access Methid (BSAM) or Queued Sequential Access Method (QSAM) datasets
- 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)