Restore, recall, and export behavior when using an agent group policy

This topic explains restore, recall, and export behavior when using an agent group policy.

Recall and restore from CLI

Recall and restore can be performed by any agent sharing the same resource complex as the agent that performed the original backup, dump or archive. By default, the resource complex is shared by all agents in the same Sysplex, but note that only agents on LPARs that also share the same z/OS Unix System Services can be candidates for this action.


Related topic

Managing-agents

Automatic recall

Automatic recall is executed on the same LPAR that initiated the request. If there are several agents on the same LPAR, any of them may pick up the request.

  • Recall from the UI—The server will attempt to use the original agent that executed the archive operation. If that specific agent is not available, the action will fail.
  • Restore from the UI—The server will search for the first available agent from the agent group that was used for the archive. If no agents are available, the action will fail. If there are no agents connected to the agent group, the action will also fail.
  • Export from the UI—The server will search for the first available agent from the agent group that was used for the archive. If no agents are available, the action will fail. If there are no agents connected to the agent group, the action will also fail.

 

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