Re: 7.6 and SDA ?

The Memo to Users says that the commands are still available in 7.6, without the menu options 54 and 55 for CPMPFM and MRGSRC, things I have used a lot - I especially like how MRGSRC worked, as a 3-stage merge that let me preview results.

Support will be limited to security-related fixes - non-security-related stuff will not change. That's not a problem for me, the operation of these commands has been fine for a really long time.

You can always add a user-defined option that runs these commands.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

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On 2/16/2026 10:51 AM, smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Am I reading that page correctly that CMPPFM is no longer going to be supported in 7.6 which means at some point it will drop off of the face of the disk? Is there another command / utility that should be used to compare source members that I am unaware of? I use CMPPFM on occasion but it is always a minor comparison and not a deep dive so I have never had to look for a better alternative.

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From: MIDRANGE-L<midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Rob Berendt
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 9:23 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 7.6 and SDA ?

According to the Upgrade Planning site at
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183543 SDA is not part of the supported products on IBM i 7.6. PDM is not being removed.
For a detailed list of what is, and what isn't, being removed read the
following:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=rdsi5w-commands-from-rational-development-studio-i-5770-wds-option-21-application-development-toolset

Now, if the question is "Is there some hack to stop the upgrade from removing (SDA for example)?" then I do not know of one, nor would I recommend using one if there was. Why? Well, because IBM has given you notice that it's not supported and will be removed.
Just to add FUD (Fear/Uncertainty/Doubt) what's to stop IBM from having a new PTF every cume which does a search and destroy on some of these options? Or, instead of removing them, uses some new technique which causes each of them to generate some weird program space violation message or some such thing? Then you're stopped hard without further notice. IOW, adapt in a planned controlled environment vs "crap, they meant it!".

On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 6:11 AM Gad Miron<gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello guys

I was recently told by an IBM CE that when upgrading 7.5 to 7.6 you
can opt to not remove SDA, PDM etc. so you end up with a 7.6 system
with operational SDA, PDM.


Can anyone confirm this is true?

TIA
Gad
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