Using ISMF data set lists with CICS VR

CICS® VR is integrated with ISMF so that you can create a CICS VR recovery job for the data sets in an ISMF data set list by entering the VSAMREC line operator or list command. When you enter the VSAMREC line operator or list command, the necessary CICS VR panels are called and you can create a recovery job for the VSAM sphere.

Restriction: When you use CICS VR to create a recovery job for one or more VSAM spheres, ensure that none of the VSAM spheres for which you are creating a recovery job is available for updates by either CICS or batch applications if using the CICS VR batch logger. These data sets must be unavailable until the CICS VR recovery job is run successfully to avoid inconsistent data sets.