How to display all known logical backups.
Place the cursor on the Backup time input field
and press the Prompt key, F4, to retrieve a list of all logical backups known
to CICS® VR
for the VSAM sphere. All known backups are then displayed in the "CICS VR backup
prompt list" secondary window.
The backups made of VSAM spheres in 'Recovery-Required' state are not listed.

Figure 1. Backup prompt list secondary
window CICSVR backup prompt list Row 1 to 4 of 4
Select one backup time, then press Enter.
VSAM sphere . . . : PAYROLL.BASE
--------------------- Data set backup information ----------------------
S Date Time Gen Ver Online Rp Date Rp Time Type Product
_ 08.178 12:01:01 01 001 NO LOCAL HSMLB
_ 08176 11:04:44 NO LOCAL DSSLC
_ 08175 18:01:17 NO LOCAL DSSLD
_ 08174 09:32:12 FUZZY 08174 09:29:10 LOCAL OTHER
***************************** Bottom of data ******************************
Command ===> ____________________________________________________________
F1=Help F7=Bkwd F8=Fwd F12=Cancel
All logical backups retrieved from the DFSMShsm inventory, with all the other
logical backups registered in the CICS VR RCDS for the VSAM sphere, are displayed
on the CICS VR
backup prompt list. CICS VR tries to display the backup and recovery point
dates and times in the format, local or GMT, that was specified on the previous
VSAM sphere parameters secondary window. Place an S in
the input field next to the backup that you would like to restore and then
press Enter.
GMT format of the backup and recovery point dates and times might not be
available in these cases:
- CICS VR
was not notified by DFSMShsm when the DFSMShsm logical backup was created.
- The backup was made using backup-while-open (BWO) for a non-RLS VSAM data
set.
Press F1 for further details about each of the listed parameters on the CICS VR
backup prompt list.
CICS VR
can restore a VSAM data set from one of the following backups:
- Recovering DFSMShsm logical
backups
- DFSMShsm logical
backups are identified by the product identifier HSMLB on
the CICS VR
backup prompt list. You can register DFSMShsm logical backups in the CICS VR
RCDS, or CICS VR
can dynamically retrieve information about DFSMShsm logical backups from DFSMShsm's
inventory. When you select a DFSMShsm logical backup for restore,
the appropriate keywords are added to the produced RECOVER command. CICS VR calls DFSMShsm to
perform a restore of the selected DFSMShsm logical backup while running
the recovery job.
- Recovering DFSMSdss logical
copies
- DFSMSdss logical
copies are identified by the product identifier DSSLC. You
can register DFSMSdss logical
copies in the CICS VR
RCDS by specifying the CICSVRBACKUP and RENAMEU(**,CICSVR.**) keywords in
the copy job. When you select a DFSMSdss logical copy, the DWWDSSLC
restore skeleton, which is supplied with CICS VR, is added to the produced recovery
job. CICS VR
calls DFSMSdss to
perform a copy of the selected DFSMSdss logical copy while the recovery
job is running.
- Recovering DFSMSdss logical
dumps
- DFSMSdss logical
dumps are identified by the product identifier DSSLD in the CICS VR
backup prompt list. You can register DFSMSdss logical dumps in the CICS VR RCDS
by specifying the CICSVRBACKUP keyword in the dump job or by activating the DFSMSdss logical
dump registration control default. When you select a DFSMSdss logical dump, the DWWDSSLD
restore skeleton, which is supplied with CICS VR, is added to the produced recovery
job. CICS VR
calls DFSMSdss to
perform a restore of the selected DFSMSdss logical dump while the recovery
job is running.
- Recovering other registered logical backups
- You can register other logical backups in the CICS VR RCDS through the CICS VR file
copy notification service. The product identifier associated with the backup
that is in the CICS VR
backup prompt list, is originally specified during notification. You must
define a restore skeleton for each product identifier to CICS VR. The
restore skeleton must contain a call to the appropriate program, the commands
required to restore the backup, and variables to retrieve various pieces of
information about the backup from the RCDS. When the backup is selected
for restore, the restore skeleton associated with the backup is added to the
produced recovery job and the values for all specified variables are substituted.
The specified program is then called to restore the backup while the recovery
job is running.
- Recovering DFSMShsm full
volume dumps
- DFSMShsm full
volume dumps are not in the CICS VR backup prompt list. To make CICS VR recover
a VSAM sphere from a DFSMShsm full volume dump:
- Select Full Volume Dump as the backup type.
- In the Backup time input field, enter the date
when the full volume dump was created.
The appropriate keywords are then added to the RECOVER command. CICS VR calls DFSMShsm to
restore the data set from the entered DFSMShsm full volume dump while the
recovery job is running.
See General backup notification,Understanding CICS VR backup support and Restore skeletons for
further information.