Premigration checklist for migration to conversion mode from Version 8

Before you migrate to DB2® 10 conversion mode from Version 8, complete the premigration activities to prepare your subsystem.

1. Complete the following tasks in any order.
   • Ensure that you meet the hardware and software requirements.
   • Plan for storage requirements.
   • Plan for performance.
   • Make adjustments for the following changes in DB2 10:
     • Application and SQL release incompatibilities
     • Utility release incompatibilities
     • Command release incompatibilities
     • Security release incompatibilities
     • Storage release incompatibilities
     • Other release incompatibilities
     • Deprecated function in DB2 10
     • Functions that are no longer supported
2. Use SMP/E to load the DB2 libraries.
3. Complete the following tasks in any order.
   • Tailor the installation jobs by running the installation CLIST in migration mode.
   • Run premigration query DSNTIJPM.
   • Ensure that the data sets for your DB2 catalog and directory reside on SMS-managed storage.
   • Examine new or changed DB2I default panel values to ensure that your customized values are still valid.
   • Ensure that sample objects from your Version 8 release are still available.
   • Make a backup copy of the BSDS.
   • Change stored procedures that specify DSNWZPR as the external module name to specify DSNWZP.
4. Immediately before starting the migration tasks, ensure that no utility jobs are running.

What to do next

See Checklist for migration to DB2 10 conversion mode from Version 8 for the list of migration tasks to complete after premigration.