Generating a BMC AMI Copy backup from SLB job

(SPE2104)

BMC AMI Recovery Manager provides online support for creating ACPMAIN ARMBGEN batch jobs. 

The ACPMAIN SYSBACKUP YES option specifies whether COPY IMAGECOPY should consider image copies derived from system-level backups (SLBs).

Before you begin

The following authorizations are required:

• EXECUTE authority for the BMC AMI Recovery Manager Db2 plan
• TYPE O (Open) access for the target object set or object sets

Db2 must be active when you execute the generated JCL.

To generate a BMC AMI Copy backup from system level backup job using ARMBGEN (Background option)

1. In the BMC AMI Recovery for Db2 Main Menu, select 1.Appl object sets and press Enter. The Object Selection panel is displayed.
2. In the Object Set List panel, type a wildcard pattern or the name of a single object set in the format creator.name and press Enter. The object set or object sets that you specified are displayed.
3. Select an object set and perform one of the following steps:
   • In the Act column, beside an object set, type B and press Enter.
   • In the Act column, beside an object set, type S and press Enter. On the Object List panel, select option 6. Gen backup JCL background and press Enter.

4. On the Backup JCL Generation panel, for Copy IMAGECOPY from SLB option, select 1. Yes.

    ============================ Backup JCL Generation ============================
    Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
   
    Type information below. Then press Enter.                                      
   
    Backup Clones Only . . . 2 1. Yes  2. No                                       
   
    Check Unchanged. . . . . 2 1. Yes  2. No  (exclude unchanged from backup)      
   
    Copy IMAGECOPY from SLB. 1 1. Yes  2. No  (Only For BMC COPY)  
   
    Register OCC. . . . . . __1. SYSCOPY2. BMCXCOPY (Only For BMC COPY)                 
   
    Email at EOJ . . . . . . ________ EMAILDST Entry name  (for gen JCL background)
      EOJ RC . . . . . . . . ___ Range 0-254  (for gen JCL background)             
    Email time exceeded. . . ________ EMAILDST Entry name                        
5. When the JCL Specification panel is displayed, enter a fully qualified output data set name. Beware of the following information:
   • The output data set is used for saving the JCL and must be cataloged. If not enclosed in quotation marks, the output data set will be prefixed by your TSO prefix.
   • The job statement must contain a symbolic variable (&#) for the job number. For more information, see Output-data-sets-job-cards-and-symbolic-variables.
6. Save the JCL data set or submit the job as required.

To generate COPY IMAGECOPY SLB ACPMAIN job (Foreground option)

1. In the BMC AMI Recovery for Db2 Main Menu, select 1.Appl object sets and press Enter. The Object Selection panel is displayed.
2. In the Object Set List panel, type a wildcard pattern or the name of a single object set in the format creator.name and press Enter. The object set or object sets that you specified are displayed.
3. In the Act column, beside an object set, type S and press Enter. 

4. On the Object List panel, select option 4. Gen backup JCL foreground and press Enter.

     ============== Object List - MVSIBA   A2                          Row 1 from 1
    Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE
                                                                                  
    Type option or action code.  Then press Enter.                                 
      Option. . 4 1. Recovery point              2. Object Set edit                
                  3. Gen recover JCL background  4. Gen backup JCL foreground      
                  5. Add objects                 6. Gen backup JCL background      
    Act codes: X=Exclude Z=Zoom E=ExpandRange                                      
    Act     Status T/X Name                        DSNUM                           
    ___      OK     T  MYIMON01 QYIMON0S              0                            
    ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************       

5. On the Backup JCL Generation panel, for Copy IMAGECOPY from SLB option, select 1.Yes.

    ============================ Backup JCL Generation ============================
    Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
   
    Type information below. Then press Enter.                                      
   
    Backup Clones Only . . . 2 1. Yes  2. No                                       
   
    Check Unchanged. . . . . 2 1. Yes  2. No  (exclude unchanged from backup)      
   
    Copy IMAGECOPY from SLB. 1 1. Yes  2. No  (Only For BMC COPY)
   
    Register OCC. . . . . . __1. SYSCOPY2. BMCXCOPY (Only For BMC COPY)                  
   
    Email at EOJ . . . . . . ________ EMAILDST Entry name  (for gen JCL background)
      EOJ RC . . . . . . . . ___ Range 0-254  (for gen JCL background)             
    Email time exceeded. . . ________ EMAILDST Entry name                        
6. When the JCL Specification panel appears, enter a fully qualified output data set name. Beware of the following information:
   • The output data set is used for saving the JCL and must be cataloged. If you do not enclose the output data set name in quotation marks, it is prefixed by your TSO prefix.
   • The job statement must contain a symbolic variable (&#) for the job number. For more information, see Output-data-sets-job-cards-and-symbolic-variables.
7. Save the JCL data set or submit the job, as required.