Descriptions of the capabilities and limitations of CICS® VR.
Forward recovery
CICS VR
uses the after-images on the logs to forward recover your VSAM spheres; it
cannot forward recover a VSAM sphere that does not have an associated log
containing after-images.
CICS VR batch backout
CICS VR
uses the before-image log records to back out updates made by a batch job. CICS VR
undo logging can produce before-image log records for updates made to VSAM
spheres by batch jobs.
VSAM data set attributes
CICS VR
can detect whether the VSAM attributes of the target VSAM sphere in a recovery
run differ from the attributes of the sphere as recorded on the log.
DFSMShsm
CICS VR
can restore VSAM spheres from DFSMShsm logical backups and logical
dumps.
DFSMSdss
CICS VR
can keep an inventory of and restore DFSMSdss logical copies and dumps created
for VSAM base clusters.
ABARS
CICS VR
can keep an inventory of and restore backups created by ABARS.
Other logical backups
By using the CICS VR file copy notification service, CICS VR can maintain
an inventory of, and list through the panel interface, logical backups made
using other backup products (IBM® or non-IBM).