System and method for selective migration of mainframe resources to a non-mainframe environment

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:
• receiving, from a client device, an input/output (I/O) request pursuant to a first protocol, the first protocol being a standards-based I/O protocol;
• communicating the I/O request to a proxy communicatively coupled with a mainframe server, the mainframe server being configured to communicate using a second protocol, the second protocol being a proprietary, mainframe protocol that is inconsistent with the first protocol;
• accessing a database having a mapping of a plurality of I/O requests of the first protocol to a plurality of corresponding capabilities of the second protocol;
• converting the I/O request pursuant to the first protocol to a corresponding capability pursuant to the second protocol;
• enforcing, using the proxy, security and management policies associated with the mainframe server for executing the converted I/O request;
• executing the converted I/O request on the mainframe server, using the corresponding capability pursuant to the second protocol;
• receiving data from the mainframe server, in response to the converted I/O request;
• determining whether the data requires transformation in order to be consistent with the first protocol;
• in response to determining that the data requires transformation, transforming the data received from the mainframe server into a data format consistent with the first protocol;
• and
• communicating the transformed data to the client device in response to the I/O request.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising:
• computer-readable program code configured to receive, from a client device, an input/output (I/O) request pursuant to a first protocol, the first protocol being a standards-based I/O protocol;
• computer-readable program code configured to communicate the I/O request to a proxy communicatively coupled with a mainframe server, the mainframe server being
• configured to communicate using a second protocol, the second protocol being a proprietary, mainframe protocol that is inconsistent with the first protocol;
• computer-readable program code configured to access a database having a mapping of a plurality of I/O requests of the first protocol to a plurality of corresponding capabilities of the second protocol;
• computer-readable program code configured to convert the I/O request pursuant to the first protocol to a corresponding capability pursuant to the second protocol;
• computer-readable program code configured to enforce, using the proxy, security and management policies associated with the mainframe server for executing the converted I/O request;
• computer-readable program code configured to execute the converted I/O request on the mainframe server, using the corresponding capability pursuant to the second protocol;
• computer-readable program code configured to receive data from the mainframe server, in response to the converted I/O request;
• computer-readable program code configured to determine whether the data requires transformation in order to be consistent with the first protocol;
• computer-readable program code configured to, in response to determining that the data requires transformation, transform the data received from the mainframe server into a data format consistent with the first protocol;
• and
• computer-readable program code configured to communicate the transformed data to the client device in response to the I/O request.