Recovering historical versions

"Recovering" a historical version of a resource definition means reinstating a resource definition in a CSD file or a context to a state that existed at some earlier point in time, before or after a change recorded in the CICSĀ® Configuration Manager journal.

You can recover historical versions of resource definitions using the following methods:

"Edit", and then save or save as
Enter E next to a change (displayed under primary menu option 4.3 CICS changes) or a historical version (displayed by line action H), and then save the displayed image.

For details on this method, see Recovering a historical version of a specific resource definition.

Enter REC next to one or more changes
The REC line action enables you to recover the before or after images of a set of changes that match your criteria. For example, you can use REC to undo (or redo) all of the changes by a particular user in a particular period of time.

The REC line action is only available under primary menu option 4.3 CICS changes. For details on using REC, see Recovering historical versions of multiple resource definitions.

Back out a change package migration
For details on this method, see Processing a change package.