CICS VR RLS processing (RR bit)

To ensure the integrity of VSAM spheres, CICS® VR runs a key set of RLS protocols during recovery processing of RLS-accessed VSAM data sets.

The protocols operate in these ways:

Recovery failure

If a CICS VR recovery fails for a VSAM sphere, CICS VR does not bind the locks and the RR bit remains on, preventing all other applications from updating the sphere until a recovery is successful.
If you want to force access to a VSAM sphere that failed recovery, you can manually bind the locks and then turn the RR bit off by selecting the VSAM sphere from the CICS VR VSAM sphere list and selecting the appropriate action from the Tools menu.

Recovery to a new name

If you have successfully recovered a VSAM sphere, but the recovery was performed against a VSAM sphere with a new name, the optional NEWNAME parameter is specified, CICS VR assumes that the original VSAM sphere is still corrupted. CICS VR therefore does not bind the locks or turn off the RR bit for the original VSAM sphere after a successful recovery to a new name.
If you want to force access to a VSAM sphere that was recovered to a new name, you can manually bind the locks and then turn the RR bit off by selecting the original VSAM sphere from the CICS VR VSAM sphere list and selecting the appropriate action from the Tools menu.