Creating ABARS backups

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: 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.

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