Legent Corp, Herndon, Virginia, says it is now shipping its LDM/XP mainframe-to-Unix migration tools for extracting DB2 and VSAM data and transporting it into a range of target databases. Legent says the set provides for full data replication, including compression, integrity checking, buffering and restart within the transport mechanism. Legent says standard relational database load processes can be optimised or replaced, and that LDM/XP can be integrated with any mainframe job scheduler or automation product. LD-Extraction grabs the data from IBM’s VSAM or DB2 files – the latter with or without SQL. LD-Conversion converts the data – while still on the MVS mainframe – for DB2, DB2/2, DB2/6000, Oracle, Sybase, dBASE and Foxpro. LD-Transport moves the data off the mainframe to wherever it is required. LD-Apply loads the data into DB2/6000 and DB2/2. Sybase and HP-UX support is new – they are due in September. Per CPU class, Extraction goes from $2,400, Conversion from $3,200. Prices for Transport start from $10,200 and Apply is $750 a copy. Legent has also added new versions of its tools for optimising and managing Oracle applications: Ace JobScheduler 1.4, Ace Reorg and Ace Tester 1.1. Prices for these start at $7,500, $5,000 and $10,000 respectively.
