DFSMSdfp: Prepare for the removal of TSO copy services commands

Description

z/OS V2R2 is planned to be the last release to include a number of TSO/E-based System Data Mover (SDM) related commands. Except for the query commands (CQUERY, FCQUERY, RQUERY, XQUERY, XSTATUS), the ANTRQST API, and the XSET command, which will remain, IBM recommends that users migrate to the REXX versions of these commands.

Specifically, the following commands will no longer supported in TSO:

FCESTABL
FCWITHDR
CDELPAIR
CDELPATH
CESTPAIR
CESTPATH
CGROUP
CRECOVER
CSUSPEND
RSESSION
RVOLUME
XADDPAIR
XADVANCE
XCOUPLE
XDELPAIR
XEND
XRECOVER
XSTART
XSUSPEND

Table 1 provides more details about this migration action. Use this information to plan your changes to the system.

Table 1. Information about this migration action
Element or feature:	DFSMSdfp
When change was introduced:	See IBM United States Software Announcement 215-267 "IBM z/OS Version 2 Release 2—Fueling the new digital enterprise," dated July 28, 2015.
Applies to migration from:	z/OS V2R1 and z/OS V1R13.
Timing:	Before installing z/OS V2R2.
Is the migration action required?	Yes, if you use the TSO commands.
Target system hardware requirements:	None.
Target system software requirements:	None.
Other system (coexistence or fallback) requirements:	None.
Restrictions:	None.
System impacts:	None.
Related IBM® Health Checker for z/OS® checks:	None.

Steps to take

Convert existing non-query TSO commands to the REXX version using the programs provided in SYS1.DGTCLIB (ANTFREXX for FlashCopy, ANTPREXX for PPRC, ANTXREXX for XRC). Some of the command keywords are slightly different than the TSO version, and might need to be modified. For example, for full volume FlashCopy establish, you might enter the TSO command, as follows:

FCESTABL SDEVN(0F60) TDEVN(0F61)

To use the REXX interface, you can enter:

ANTFREXX FCESTABLISH SDEVN(0F60) TDEVN(0F61) SRCEXTNA() andTGTEXTNA()

Reference information

For more information about using the REXX commands, see z/OS DFSMS Advanced Copy Services.