ABARS backups registered in the RCDS can be used to restore selected VSAM data sets.
For ABARS backups, CICS® VR additionally displays the copy numbers and version numbers. You can also select to display the backup and recovery point times in local format or in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) format.
CICSVR backup prompt list Row 1 to 6 of 6 Command ===> Select one backup time, then press Enter. VSAM sphere . . . : CICSVR.ABARS.CVRTESTX.ESDS01 --------------------- Data set backup information ---------------------- Date Time(GMT) Gen Ver Online Rp Date Rp Time Type Product 08.118 16:38:28 01 0014 NO LOCAL ABARS 08.117 18:21:19 01 0013 NO LOCAL ABARS 08.117 10:06:29 01 0012 NO LOCAL ABARS 08.116 20:22:45 01 0011 NO LOCAL ABARS 08.116 19:36:46 01 0010 NO LOCAL ABARS 08.104 00:01:35 00 0001 NO LOCAL HSMLB ***************************** Bottom of data ****************************** F1=Help F7=Bkwd F8=Fwd F12=Cancel
In most cases, you do not need to make any changes to this skeleton. The substituted skeleton opens as a separate job step in the generated recovery job, prior to the forward recovery job step. The restore job step contains the DFSMSdss RESTORE command to perform a restore of the selected VSAM data sets from the selected ABARS backup, which is a DFSMSdss logical dump.