Once the environment has been established, program objects can be created. The data class definitions for PDSEs and the JCL/catalog procedures can be used to provide implicit migration. Various utilities can also be used to migrate modules explicitly. These include:

• IEBCOPY: can copy either single programs or entire libraries between PDS's and PDSEs. The binder is invoked to do the conversion.
• DFDSS: provides the means for migrating one or a collection of load libraries. Conversion is only done on a COPY operation, not on a DUMP/RESTORE.
• Binder: can be invoked to rebind modules for the purpose of migrating/converting them.
• OGETX can be used to copy load modules from a PDS library to z/OS® UNIX files.