PRO JES ACIF/Automate
Crawford Technologies automates Disaster Recovery, indexing, outsourcing, offloading, image system importing and AFP resource Management for z/OS and OS/390 systems.
The IBM AFP Conversion and Indexing Facility (ACIF) provides a very useful program for indexing print files, preparing print files for inter-system transmission, and gathering print resources used by print files.
However, ACIF usage requires JCL changes in the applications that need to be used with it.
The PRO JES ACIF/Automate product automates the use of ACIF by selecting output from the JES queue and processing it through ACIF.
The PRO JES ACIF/Automate product is a software product that automates the conversion of print output in JES2 and JES3 environments.
The converted output files are then automatically sent back to the JES Spool for printing or routed to FTP Servers on the network.
PRO JES ACIF/Automate can be used to:
Automate Disaster Recovery printing processes
Automate outsourcing of AFP print applications
Automate print applications to Archival, Imaging, COLD and Report Management Systems
Automate preparation and movement of AFP print applications to Output Management Systems
The PRO JES ACIF/Automate product makes it easy for data centers to convert many applications without the need to modify application JCL procedures. When run as a Started Task, the program can be controlled with MVS operator commands.
PRO JES ACIF/Automate runs in z/OS and OS/390 environments using JES2 or JES3 in 3 different modes:
Batch Program
Started Task
Functional Sub-System (FSS)
