NeoBatch
By providing an environment for managing and executing JCL in the Windows/.NET environment, NeoBatch® makes it possible to migrate mainframe batch jobs to a more economic yet higher performing platform. This move can bring significant savings to IT budgets, free up mainframe MIPS for other applications, or be part of a complete migration off the mainframe. Modernization options are opened up in the new environment and developers deliver greater productivity using the well-designed NeoBatch Job Manager GUI and award-winning Visual Studio.
Highlights:
- NeoBatch Job Manager:
- makes JCL execution and management easy
- executes mainframe JCL
- allows you to determine from which client(s) or server(s) batch jobs are controlled
- provides a performance monitoring pane with graphical display of statistics
- Jobs provide the same features and benefits as mainframe JCL
- Includes job restart support with file clean-up and restart of complete jobs or at a specific (restartable) step
- Analyze job execution statistics using SQL Server Report Services
- Monitor job execution with SCOM
- Server farm support with ability to assign initiators to servers, processors within servers, or load-balanced URLs
- Uses standard Windows security mechanisms for securing access to datasets and job output
- Integrates with NeoSort to provide a high performance sort engine for most DFSORT® and Syncsort® statements
- Easy integration with job schedulers
- Easy debugging of batch jobs
- Integrates with existing Windows management constructs
- Future enhancements can take advantage of PowerShell or JScript features, including adding non-COBOL job steps, and option to convert JCL to PowerShell or JScript
- Fully compatible with Microsoft’s .NET Framework and Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET
Benefits:
- Lowers your operating expenses by leveraging Windows-based hardware and software
- Enhances productivity with its Windows standard graphical user interface (GUI) that is configurable by each end-user
- Lowers your operating expenses by leveraging Windows-based hardware and software
- Provides good management and operations visibility into job results and statistics
- Cuts the time it takes to execute batch sorts because of its integration with NeoSort
- Helps you gain flexibility as your batch processing time is shortened
- Provides a path for future development in the Windows environment with the Conversion to JScript utility
