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Understanding the Object Access Method z/OS DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Object Support SC23-6866-00 |
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The object access method (OAM) uses a class of data referred to
as objects. An object is a named stream of bytes. The content,
format, and structure of that byte stream are unknown to OAM. There
are no restrictions on the data in an object. For example, an object
can be a compressed scanned image or coded data. Objects are different
from data sets handled by existing access methods. The following characteristics
distinguish them from traditional data sets:
This topic covers the following topics related to using OAM to
manage objects on disk (DB2 or file system), tape, and optical volumes.
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