Introduction
Managing IBM zSeries mainframes has become increasingly complex: rising maintenance costs, legacy system inertia, regulatory pressures, and exploding data volumes. Solix Cloud Data Management for IBM zSeries Mainframe (part of the SOLIXCloud Enterprise Archiving suite) helps organizations archive or retire mainframe data and applications—lowering costs, improving performance, and ensuring compliance while preserving real-time access to archival records.
What Is Solix Mainframe Archiving for zSeries?
Solix enables active data archiving and application retirement for IBM zSeries mainframe environments. Working across platforms like Db2, z/OS, IDMS, IMS, VSAM, QSAM, and sequential files, it migrates infrequently used data from live systems to a secure cloud archive. Archived data remains searchable via SQL, forms, reports, or text queries, supporting both compliance and business intelligence needs.
Key Benefits at a Glance
Lower TCO & License Costs
By off‑loading inactive transactional data, organizations significantly reduce expensive mainframe and database licensing, infrastructure, and maintenance expenses.
Accelerate Mainframe Modernization
Pre-migration archiving reduces data volume, complexity, and validation effort, making rehosting, re‑platforming, or decommissioning faster and more efficient.
Governed, Audit‑Ready Archive
Retention policies, legal holds, audit logs, and metadata enforcement support GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, PCI DSS, and other frameworks.
Real‑Time Access to Archived Data
Users can retrieve archived mainframe data instantly via search, SQL, reporting tools, or API integrations with BI platforms—no mainframe runtime needed.
Integrated Metadata & ILM
End-to-end metadata management, business glossaries, data lineage, classification, and ILM control provide governance across all archived assets.
Typical Use Cases
Mainframe Modernization Projects
Archive legacy data first to streamline migration, reduce validation, and accelerate transformation.
Application Decommissioning
Retire inactive IBM zSeries applications while preserving governed access to all historical data.
Performance Optimization
Improve runtime performance of production mainframes by relocating archival data to cloud storage.
Compliance & eDiscovery
Provide regulators and auditors with searchable access to archived transactional records under retention and legal hold controls.
Why Choose Solix for IBM zSeries Archiving?
Solix provides a holistic archiving solution tailored for legacy IBM mainframe environments by combining:
Deep support for core zSeries data types and architecture
End-to-end ILM governance integrated into archive workflows
Real-time access without mainframe runtime requirements
Scalable, pay-as-you-go SaaS deployment on Microsoft Azure
Proven reliability across thousands of enterprise deployments over 20+ years
Conclusion
The Solix Cloud Data Management for IBM zSeries Mainframe solution enables organizations to modernize, retire, and optimize mainframe environments with confidence. By combining governed cloud archiving, lifecycle policies, audit-ready access, and flexible data query, Solix empowers enterprises to reduce zSeries TCO, accelerate IT modernization, and maintain data compliance—all without compromising access to critical legacy data.
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