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HOW CUSTOMERS BENEFIT FROM THE LOZEN MICRO FOCUS INTEGRATION



Many customers are experiencing rapid growth in data access demands due to the
increasing number of digital transformation, application modernization, and
mainframe modernization projects.

In this blog, we explore how our flagship product, Lozen™, integrates with the
Micro Focus Application Modernization & Connectivity solutions to help
organizations with their modernization projects by transforming data access,
reducing costs, and mitigating risk.


ABOUT LOZEN

Our innovative, patented software, Lozen, revolutionizes IBM Z data access. 
With unique real-time, read-write capabilities, Lozen eliminates the need to
move or replicate IBM Z data.

 * IBM Z data can stay where it is, safely and securely on the mainframe.
 * Organizations can safely migrate high-impact applications to the cloud and
   distributed platforms, without risking other applications that depend on that
   same data.
 * Applications that aren’t being migrated don’t have their data dependencies
   broken.
 * The result is faster, safer, lower-cost migrations and earlier success in
   your modernization projects.

Furthermore, because data doesn’t move with Lozen, organizations can eliminate
the skyrocketing costs of legacy data access methods, and they can leverage
Lozen’s zIIP engine architecture for additional cost savings.

As a result, organizations can run applications where they are best suited for
their business — on the mainframe, in the cloud, or on distributed platforms —
while maintaining a single source of truth.


ABOUT MICRO FOCUS

Application migration projects are multiplying in today’s landscape, and Micro
Focus is a leading software provider that provides Application Modernization &
Connectivity solutions to enable organizations to:

 * Modernize core business applications, including refactoring and the
   introduction of new services and interfaces based on existing code.
 * Modernize development and delivery process (or pipeline) by introducing a
   DevOps approach for your COBOL and mainframe teams, improving agility.
 * Modernize platforms, moving existing COBOL and mainframe workloads to new
   architectures, embracing the latest server and cloud technologies including
   virtualization and containers.


CUSTOMER USE CASE

While there are several use cases, the main use case for the Lozen and Micro
Focus integration is to allow COBOL and mainframe workloads — that are moved to
new architectures like Windows and Linux platforms — to access the IBM Z data
seamlessly, without any modifications to the application code.


INTEGRATION DETAILS

To achieve this use case, VirtualZ has implemented a Micro Focus Callable File
Handler interface to interact with the Lozen server on IBM Z to access data.



This integration handles all the standard COBOL file organizations: sequential,
line sequential, relative, and indexed. The file operations supported by this
integration broadly fit into the following categories:

 * Opening files
   – OPEN-INPUT, OPEN-IO, OPEN-OUTPUT, OPEN-EXTEND

 * Reading records
   – READ, READ with Keys

 * Writing records
   – WRITE, REWRITE

 * Moving through records
   – START

 * Deleting records
   – DELETE

 * Closing files
   – CLOSE


INTEGRATION INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION

The installation and configuration process for the Lozen and Micro Focus
integration is straightforward.

Platform Requirements:

 * Hardware: 64-bit Windows, as well as most popular 64-bit Linux distributions
 * Software: Micro Focus Enterprise Server 6.0 and above, or Micro Focus Visual
   Cobol 6.0 and above

Installation:

You can install the Lozen Micro Focus extension on the servers where you run
Micro Focus COBOL applications. It works with all current versions of 64-bit
Windows, as well as most popular 64-bit Linux distributions. The integration
comes with a UI-based installer with a screen to capture the Lozen server host,
port, and data path as shown below. (Detailed installation instructions can be
found in the Lozen Product Guide.)



FIGURE 1: LOZEN SERVER CONFIGURATION SCREEN

 

Configuration:

Once the installation is complete, you will find two config files (vzcfh.cfg and
vzcfilehandler.cfg) in the install folder. The vzcfh.cfg file contains file
patterns of the files that need to be accessed through this integration, while
vzcfilehandler.cfg contains the configuration to access the Lozen server, along
with some additional configuration related to authentication and performance.



FIGURE 2: VZCFH.CFG

 



FIGURE 3: VZCFILEHANDLER.CFG

 


SUMMARY

As organizations modernize their mainframe and/or migrate applications to the
cloud and distributed platforms, secure and expedient access to IBM Z data
remains a critical factor.

Organizations using Micro Focus for their modernization efforts have a new tool
at their disposal.  The Lozen Micro Focus integration allows COBOL and mainframe
workloads — that are moved to new architectures like Windows and Linux platforms
— to access the IBM Z data seamlessly, without any modifications to the
application code.  The result is faster, safer, lower-cost migrations and
earlier success in your modernization and application migration projects.


LEARN MORE

To learn more about how to unlock the power of real-time, read-write
IBM Z data access with Lozen:

 * Watch demos and webinars
 * Read the IDC whitepaper
 * Try Lozen for free
 * Still have questions? Contact us.

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