System and method for enhancing the efficiency of mainframe operations

A computer configured to access a storage device, the computer comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computer to perform:
• monitoring a job being executed at a source mainframe, wherein the job comprises multiple tasks;
• determining an application required to execute a particular task of the multiple tasks;
• in response to determining that the particular task requires the application, identifying a target mainframe from a plurality of mainframes having the application installed thereon;
• migrating the particular task to the target mainframe;
• executing others of the multiple tasks on the source mainframe;
• determining that the particular task requires output data generated by at least one of the others of the multiple tasks, in order be completed at the target mainframe;
• transmitting the output data to the target mainframe;
• and
• executing the particular task on the target mainframe using the output data.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising:
• computer-readable program code configured to monitor a job being executed at a source mainframe, wherein the job comprises multiple tasks;
• computer-readable program code configured to determine an application required to execute a particular task of the multiple tasks;
• computer-readable program code configured to, in response to determining that the particular task requires the application, identify a target mainframe from a plurality of mainframes having the application installed thereon;
• computer-readable program code configured to migrate the particular task to the target mainframe;
• computer-readable program code configured to execute others of the multiple tasks on the source mainframe;
• computer-readable program code configured to determine that the particular task requires output data generated by at least one of the others of the multiple tasks, in order be completed at the target mainframe;
• computer-readable program code configured to transmit the output data to the target mainframe;
• and
• computer-readable program code configured to execute the particular task on the target mainframe using the output data.