CICS® VR provides limited support for DFSMShsm full volume dumps. Unlike DFSMShsm logical backups, CICS VR cannot dynamically retrieve and display a list of full volume dumps on which the VSAM sphere is backed up.
However, during recovery construction, the CICS VR panel interface allows you to select full volume dump as the backup type, and enter the date on which the full volume dump from which you want to restore the VSAM sphere was created. CICS VR then automatically adds an additional keyword to the RECOVER command. This additional keyword causes CICS VR recovery processing to call DFSMShsm services to restore the VSAM sphere from the entered full volume dump when the recovery job is run.
CICS VR change accumulation does not support DFSMShsm full volume dumps. Therefore, you would need to manually enter the latest backup creation date in the change accumulation job before execution.