How to verify if PDS Analysis obsolete feature is utilized in RC/Migrator, RC/Compare, and RC/Update

Products

• RC/Update for DB2 for z/OS
• RC/Migrator for DB2 for z/OS
• Database Management for DB2 for z/OS - Administration Suite
• RC Compare for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Deprecation of RC/Migrator for Db2 for z/OS (RCM), RC/Compare for Db2 for z/OS (RCC), and RC/Update for Db2 for z/OS (RCU) PDS Analysis.

The following notification was released on 12/4/25: Obsolete Feature – PDS Analysis

This document will explain how to determine if PDS Analysis is being used.

Resolution

PDS Unload

1. Check JCL for PDS Unload: Even though the PDS Unload option is obsolete, sites may still have saved JCL that references the module. Check for the following statement in the JCL:

             EXEC PGM=PTLDRIVM,PARM='EP=RML#UNLD'

             The key identifier is EP=RML#UNLD, which refers to PDS Unload.

    Additional detail:

• • This option was removed from the RCM Profile panel through PTF's issued on 7/24/18 (SO04453 - SO04475)
  • The RML#UNLD module and all related analysis modules still exist and will continue to exist until the next release of the Database Management Solutions for DB2 for z/OS.
  • Any existing, saved PDS Unload jobs will still function. However, once Level Set 19 is Activated, the jobs will stop working due to internal logic within the programs, even though the modules still exist.

 PDS Analysis 

1.  Check the Analysis PARMFILE:   If a site is using 'PDS Analysis', the analysis JCL will have 'PDS' specified in the PARMFILE DD, similar to the example below:

            //PARMFILE DD *

             STRTSSID ssid

            CREATOR user

            STRATEGY stratname

            PDS  <--------------

            TRGSSID ssid

       2. Check the Syntax Checker PARMFILE: The PARMFILE DD for Syntax Checker can also specify the 'PDS' option.

             This is the program Syntax checker executes:  PGM=PTLDRIVM,REGION=0M,PARM='EP=RML#MSYN

       3.  The hlq.CDBAPARM(MIGRATOR or RCMIGxx) member would have a dataset in the PDSDSN parameter under the SSID definition.

LEVEL SET 19 (coming Feb 28, 2026) . See New Features.

• The PDS Analysis option will only become unavailable after a site activates Level Set 19. This means that applying the Level Set 19 PTF (or the feature PTF) will not immediately remove
  the 'PDS analysis' option from the panel.  In addition, jobs using the 'PDS' PARM will continue to work as they do today until the activation step is performed.

Activate a Level Set

After you apply a Level Set PTF to your environment, test your environment thoroughly before activating the Level Set. After activation of Level Set, you cannot perform
an SMP/E restore to an earlier maintenance level. This behavior is consistent with IBM behavior when a function level is activated.