Restoring ABARS backups

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.

ABARS backups are identified by the product identifier ABARS in the CICS VR backup prompt list, as shown in Figure 1. When you select an ABARS backup, the corresponding restore skeleton, which is supplied with CICS VR, is added to the generated recovery job. This skeleton deletes the target data set, if it exists, then restores and renames the selected VSAM data sets from the selected ABARS backup.
Figure 1. CICS VR backup prompt list
                         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
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  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.


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