Batch job control is handled by alternative systems (already often triggering the work on mainframes anyway) like Control-M CICS is the big issue but AFAIK the

Batch job control is handled by alternative systems (already often triggering the work on mainframes anyway) like Control-M CICS is the big issue but AFAIK there were attempts. Everything else, including sort and VSAM, has various options provided usually by COBOL compiler vendors.