GENIOS — The Generic I/O System for VSE
Send print, tape, and disk files between your IBM VSE mainframe and PCs anywhere on your network — without changing your programs. Enable TCP/IP or high-speed CTC transfers with a simple JCL update.
Why GENIOS
Your existing VSE programs can exchange data with PCs across your LAN/WAN with **no source code changes**. GENIOS activates per-job via a GENIOS-formatted DLBL, so you can adopt it gradually.
- TCP/IP or high-speed CTC (channel-to-channel) transfers
- Selective enablement: job-by-job, file-by-file via JCL
- Works with your current operational controls and scheduling
PC endpoint uses the PCGENI program.
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Contact
Universal Software, Inc.Brookfield Office Park, Brookfield, CT 06804
Phone: (203) 792-5100
Examples
1) Sending a Print File to a PC
//JOB EXAMPLE1 - PRINT SALES REPORT
//ASSGN SYS005,X'FEE' Printer assignment (may omit)
* GENIOS DLBL FOR PRINTER FOLLOWS
//DLBL PRNT005,'IP=5001(9.12.2.9),C:SALESREPORT'
//EXEC USERPRG1
/&
All print lines to SYS005 are sent to PC 9.12.2.9 and stored as C:SALESREPORT.
2) Sending a Tape File to a PC
//JOB EXAMPLE2 - CREATE INVENTORY TAPE FILE
//ASSGN SYS010,580 Tape file assignment (may omit)
(//TLBL FILEOUT,'INVENTORY FILE') replaced by GENIOS DLBL
//DLBL FILEOUT,'IP=5001(9.12.2.7),C:INVENTORYFILE'
//EXEC USERPRG2
/&
The FILEOUT “tape file” is sent to PC 9.12.2.7 as C:INVENTORYFILE.
If FILEOUT were a disk file, replace its DLBL/EXTENT with the GENIOS-format DLBL.