Generating backup and recovery JCL

For recovery JCL generation, BMC AMI Recovery Manager checks all objects in the object set for recoverability to the recovery point that you specify. BMC AMI Recovery Manager reports unsuitable object status, and you can often use an alternate recovery point or recovery method to recover objects with unsuitable status. You can then save the object set or generate JCL. If you save the object set to the repository, you can retrieve it later, and then generate JCL.

You can also use the batch program ARMBGEN to generate JCL for one or more existing object sets. ARMBGEN can be executed when needed to generate up-to-date backup and recovery JCL for the specified object set or sets.

When BMC AMI Recovery Manager creates recovery JCL, it can build multiple jobs that run concurrently to speed the recovery. BMC AMI Recovery Manager optimizes and synchronizes the jobs and takes into account user-defined constraints, logical constraints on common resources, and object interdependencies.

For backup JCL, BMC AMI Recovery Manager generates a single job. Using the ARMBGPS program for full subsystem recovery, BMC AMI Recovery Manager can split the table spaces in a system into multiple, balanced object sets for backup and recovery concurrency.

BMC AMI Recovery Manager automatically analyzes copies on stacked tapes in order to determine the most efficient order of recovery. It also performs automatic sizing of output copy data sets and sort work data sets for index recovery, check data, and check LOB functions.