Deciding how to group your backups
If you use CICS VR CA, IBM® recommends that you create CA groups
containing VSAM spheres that have the same backup requirements.
Scheduling backups to minimize your CICS TS down time
Your CICS TS
online system might be running 24 hours a day or it might only be running
during certain hours. Schedule backups so that they do not affect your online CICS TS
users.
Deciding which VSAM spheres to protect
Ensure that you define your VSAM base clusters and alternate index
(AIX®)
data sets with SHAREOPTION 1 or SHAREOPTION 2.