Mainframe Basics

What is a VSAM?

What is a VSAM? In 1970 when IBM launched the virtual storage operating systems OS/VS1 and OS/VS2, the access methods (ISAM and BDAM) used in the older versions of the operating systems when used with the newer OS started giving performance issues. To overcome performance issues and device dependence, new access methods were introduced replacing

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