With CICS® VR you can initiate backups using ABARS
for VSAM data sets registered in the RCDS.
Use the CICS VR panel interface to initiate
creating backups using ABARS for VSAM data sets registered in the
RCDS, as shown in the example below:
Figure 1. Creating
backups using ABARS CICSVR VSAM sphere backup parameters
Command ===>
Type the backup name or aggregate group name for the selected VSAM sphere,
then specify backup product name. Choose backup type. Press Enter to
continue.
VSAM sphere . . . . . . : CICSVR.ABARS.CVRTESTX.ESDS01
VSAM sphere backup name
Aggregate group name . . CVRTESTX
Backup product name . . . ABARS (HSMLB, ABARS, DSSLC, DSSLD or other)
Backup type . . . . . . . 3 (1-CICS Online, 2-CICS Offline, 3-non-CICS)
CICS APPLID . . . . . . .
F1=Help F7=PrevVSAM F12=Cancel
To initiate creating backups by ABARS, you must specify:
- The aggregate group name, not the backup name.
- The backup product name, in this case ABARS. This is used to locate
the appropriate skeleton supplied with CICS VR.
- Other parameters if required.
ABARS uses the DFSMSdss logical dump function
to create backups for all of the active, non migrated, data sets of
aggregate groups. This means that all the capabilities supported for DFSMSdss logical
dumps, for example BWO, are supported for ABARS backups.