Displaying optional backup information

Select one or more backups and then press F10, Info, to display optional information that might have been specified when the backups were registered to CICS® VR.

CICS VR then displays the "CICS VR backup optional information" secondary window for every selected backup.

Figure 1. CICS VR backup optional information secondary window
                     CICSVR backup optional information      Row 1 to 4 of 4 
                                                                             
 Press Enter to show the optional backup information for the next selected   
 backup data set. Or, press F12 to cancel the list sequence.                 
                                                                             
   VSAM sphere  . . . . : PAYROLL.BASE                                       
                                                                             
   Backup data set name : PAYROLL.OTHER.BACKUP                               
                                                                             
   Product identifier . : OTHER                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
   --------------------- Optional information ---------------------          
                                                                             
   This is sample information that was stored in the RCDS entry              
   for backup PAYROLL.OTHER.BACKUP made for sphere PAYROLL.BASE.
   This information was specified in the optional_information
   parameter of the file copy notification service.       
 ***************************** Bottom of data ****************************** 
                                                                             
                                                                             
 Command ===> ____________________________________________________________   
  F1=Help     F7=Bkwd     F8=Fwd     F12=Cancel                              

The" CICS VR backup optional information" secondary window displays the optional 256 characters that might have been specified in the optional_information parameter during registration of the selected backup. See the Setting automatic backup deregistration criteria for more information about backup registration.