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  • 1.  Cobol Migration

    Posted Thu September 12, 2019 03:44 PM

    Does anyone know of any free Cobol Migration tools?   I would like to migrate VS Cobol II programs to Enterprise Cobol.  I would prefer a batch tool to allow all the programs within our library to be converted at one time.  I am surprised that IBM does not offer their batch conversion tool, a part of CCCA, for free or at reduced cost since they have a stake in the longevity of the IBM software and hardware and since the newer compilers exploit the new IBM hardware.  

    PNassco


  • 2.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Tue September 24, 2019 11:56 AM

    CCCA is included in IBM Debug for z/OS product.

    Roland_K


  • 3.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Tue September 24, 2019 01:21 PM

    How do you invoke the IBM Debugger in TSO?  I tried CEETEST, but it abended with a 0C4.

    PNassco


  • 4.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Mon October 07, 2019 08:29 PM

    I've not used it, but isn't CCCA generally for converting from OS/VS COBOL to VS COBOL II (and beyond)?  Most COBOL II programs should compile with no changes with any version of Enterprise COBOL.

    fswarbrick


  • 5.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Tue October 08, 2019 09:44 AM

    Our programs are VS Cobol.

    PNassco


  • 6.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Tue October 08, 2019 12:46 PM

    Your original post says "VS Cobol II".  The options are "OS/VS COBOL" (very old, 70s COBOL) and "VS COBOL II" (80s COBOL).  Which is it?

    fswarbrick


  • 7.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Tue October 08, 2019 12:52 PM

    OS/VS/COBOL
     

    PNassco


  • 8.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Tue October 08, 2019 12:55 PM

    OK, then CCCA does make sense.  I don't know of any free tool.  When we did our migration in the late 90s we just did it "by hand".

    fswarbrick


  • 9.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Tue October 08, 2019 01:52 PM

    Thank you.   I know there are some companies that had developed edit macros to assist with the conversion.   I saw one in the post below but have so far have been unable to obtain one.   It would be helpful for the Cobol Community if a company eventually made one available online.   The company in the thread below, First Data, seems to have developed an edit macro to assist with their conversion.  

    https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/cobol/thread/9317fb2f/25ac/fd8f/attachment/FDR-COBOL-standards.odt

    PNassco


  • 10.  Re: Cobol Migration

    Posted Fri October 11, 2019 01:21 PM

    Hi Patrick,

    IBM currently doesn't offer tools that allow for automatic migration due to the complicated and case-by-case nature of the migration. However, IBM offers the following to help you with your migration:
    - Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS, which can let your older programs take advantage of new hardware to get a performance boost, without the need for recompiling
    - COBOL Migration Assistant interactive tool
    - Regular interactive webinars
    - Migration Guide

    Thanks for sharing the First Data edit macro, and please let us know if you have any specific questions about migration.

    Thanks,
    Nicole

    Nicole Trudeau


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