What's new

IBM® Transparent Data Migration Facility for z/OS® introduces the following new functions and technical updates.

Version 6.1

Changed and new information is marked in the PDF by a vertical bar (|) to the left of the change.

Table 1. Summary of changes
Function Description
Migration Planning Assistant TDMF includes a collection of programs and reports to automate and facilitate many aspects of TDMF migration planning, execution, and monitoring.

See Migration Planning Assistant.

TDMF Global Controller The TDMF Global Controller allows for grouping of multiple master sessions into a single TDMF global session.

See GTDGLBC (@GBLTDM) - TDMF Global Controller, SESSION parameters, Option 1 - Current sessions: monitor progress, and Option 2 - Current sessions: user interaction and status.

Limits for REFRESH The new SESSION option REFRESHMaximum limits the number of volumes that can concurrently enter the refresh 2 or higher phase to conserve replication resources.

See REFRESHMaximum, REFMAXimum, Option 1 - Current sessions: monitor progress, Option 2 - Current sessions: user interaction and status, and User interaction and status - information.

Migration of volumes containing local page data sets This version of TDMF supports migration of volumes containing local page data sets.

See Page and swap data sets.

GDPS controlling systems This version of TDMF eliminates the requirement for a TDMF Master or Agent system to be specified on the SESSION control statement for GDPS systems (including controlling systems) where migration volumes are offline.

See GDPS controlling systems.

HyperSwap requirements TDMF now supports multiple concurrent sessions containing HyperSwap volumes.

See Overview of quiescing and swapping a volume.

Parameter and option default and range updates Some parameter and option defaults or ranges are changed to accommodate user preferences:
Other updates to the documentation Operating system requirements previously located in the IBM Transparent Data Migration Facility (TDMF) for z⁠/⁠OS and IBM z/OS Data Set Mobility Facility (zDMF) Operating System Support Matrices have been moved to Operating system requirements.
New messages
GDPS controlling systems updates:
  • GTD1218
  • GTD2440
HyperSwap requirements updates:
  • GTD3681
  • GTD3783
Parameter and option default updates
  • GTD4197-4198
Limits for REFRESH
  • GTD4250-4251
TDMF Global Controller:
  • GTD4655-4657
  • GTD7500-7532
Migration Planning Assistant:
  • GTD7000-7021
GTDGEN, GTDPMON, and GTDFALLB programs:
  • GTDP300-714
GTDCRPT, GTDPLAN, GTDVRPT, and GTDCAT programs:
  • GTDR050-935
Common options validation processing:
  • GTDV100-235
Changed messages
Parameter and option default and range updates:
  • GTD1073
  • GTD9017
  • GTD9047
GDPS controlling systems updates:
  • GTD1867-1868
  • GTD2441