Generating recovery JCL interactively

You can generate JCL for a recovery of one or more selected object sets interactively.

You can specify different recovery points, recover utilities, or exclusion for individual objects, as required. You can also specify a recovery to a specified copy, a specified quiesce point, a common point, a specified RBA or LRSN, a specified timestamp, or a specified log mark. For these types of recovery points, BMC AMI Recovery Manager validates the recoverability of each object in the object set and displays a list of related objects that can not be included in the recovery.

Related topic

Recovering-object-sets

Before you begin

To generate recovery JCL, you need the following authorizations if you are not the creator of the object set:

  • EXECUTE authority for the BMC AMI Recovery Manager Db2 plan
  • Authority to update the output data set for the JCL

Important

(BMC.DB2.SPE2210) JCL generation does not support SYSTEM and WORKFILE objects in object sets.

To generate a recovery job interactively

Start this procedure at the Object List panel, which appears after you have created or retrieved an object set.

  1. Select option 1. Recovery point and press Enter. The Recovery Type Selection panel is displayed.
  2. Select a recovery type, then specify the other options.
    1. For option descriptions, see Options-for-recovery-JCL-generation.
    2. If you select 1. Current, proceed to Step 7. Otherwise, continue with the next step. The Partial Recovery Verification panel is displayed.
  3. To display a list of objects related to the objects included in your object set, specify 1 (Yes) beside one or more of the options shown. Then press Enter.
  4. The Error Message List panel is displayed if any objects are found.
  5. If you selected a recovery to a common point, the Recovery Point List panel is displayed. Otherwise, the Object List panel is displayed (Step 7).

  6. In the Recovery Point List panel, process the objects that are listed as follows:

    • H—lists all objects in the object set for which this is a valid recovery point. These objects will be included in the recovery if you select this point as the recovery point.
    • M—lists all objects in the object set that do not have a valid recovery point at this RBA or LRSN. These objects will be marked with the status NOTAVAIL if you select this point as the recovery point.
    • S or /—selects a point as the recovery point for all objects in the object set that have a valid recovery point. Objects that do not have a valid recovery point will be marked with a status of NOTAVAIL and will not be included in the recovery.

    When you have completed your processing, the Object List panel appears.

  7. If necessary, process individual objects. For more information about process options, see Actions-on-objects-after-recovery-point-selection.

  8. Select Option 3. Gen recover JCL background to generate JCL for all objects that have an OK status. Any object with any other status is not included in the recovery JCL.

    Important

    Depending on the number of objects to be recovered, generating the JCL may take a noticeable length of time.

  9. When the JCL Specification panel appears, enter a fully qualified output data set name.
  10. Save the JCL data set or submit the job, as required.

 

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