This section explains how to use the ARMBTSI program to insert a user-specified time stamp into the BMC AMI Recovery Manager CRRDRPT table. The timestamp can help facilitate a coordinated point-in-time recovery at a local site.
The timestamp insertion program, ARMBTSI, inserts a row containing a user-specified timestamp into the BMC AMI Recovery Manager CRRDRPT table.
For data sharing systems, the program inserts a row for each member of the data sharing object set. After the rows are inserted, you can run the ARMBCRC program to perform log analysis and generate a relative byte address (RBA) or log range sequence number (LRSN) associated with the inserted timestamp. You can use this RBA or LRSN to generate a coordinated point-in-time recovery at a local site using a Db2 conditional restart.
We strongly recommend using the ARMBTSI program to insert timestamps into the CRRDRPT table rather than using previously published procedures that utilize separate SQL INSERT statements.
The timestamp recorded in the CRRDRPT table must be equal to or less than the current time. If you enter a timestamp greater than the current time (that is, a time in the future), ARMBCRC bypasses the entry and issues an informational message.