Volume Backup ISPF Support

The ABR ISPF dialogs support data set restores from Volume Backups. Users can use them to submit their own ABR jobs to restore specific data sets from the Volume Backups, or they can add the restore requests to a Remote Queue data set (described in ABRBKDQ DD Statement in Volume-DUMP-Job-Control-Requirements).

The ISPF dialogs also support adding backup requests to a Remote Queue data set.

ABR ISPF main menu

We recommend that the ISPF dialogs be installed so that a character of “A” on your regular ISPF main menu calls the ABR main menu. Details of this installation are found in Installing-the-FDR-Dialogs. When this manual refers to a panel name such as A.S, it assumes that this convention was used. If your installation used a different letter on your ISPF main menu, or uses some other technique to get to the ABR main menu, you have to change our examples appropriately.

If you enter simply “A” (or whatever) from your ISPF main menu, the ABR main menu is displayed:

ABR ISPF Main Menu – Panel A

ABRPRIME - FDR TOTAL DASD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM -- FDR PRIMARY OPTIONS MENU -------
OPTION  ===>
                                                                     V 6.1
  1  REPORTS     - ABR REPORTING FUNCTIONS
  2  RESTORE     - ABR DATA SET RESTORE
  3  ARCHIVE     - ABR DATA SET ARCHIVE OR SUPERSCRATCH
  4  BACKUP      - ABR DATA SET BACKUP
  5  REMOTE Q    - ABR REMOTE QUEUE UTILITY FUNCTIONS

  C  COMPAKTOR   - COMPAKTOR MAP AND SIMULATION REPORTS
  R  RELEASE     - COMPAKTOR RELEASE

  I  INSTALL     - INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FDR AND OPTIONAL PRODUCTS
  J  JCL PARMS   - SPECIFY FDR JCL AND SYSOUT DEFAULTS FOR SUBMITTED JOBS
  K  FORMAT      - MODIFY FORMAT OF GENERATED REPORTS

  P  PLUG & SWAP - FDRPAS PLUG & SWAP
  E  FDRERASE    - FDR DISK ERASE
  M  FDRMOVE     - FDRMOVE PLUG & SWAP DATA SET MOVE

  MC MESSAGES    - FDR MESSAGES AND CODES QUERY FACILITY
  Q  QUERY       - FDR/ABR STATISTICS QUERY
  S  SRS         - SEARCH, REPORT, SERVICES DIALOG
  T  FDRTSEL     - BACKUP FILE MANAGEMENT UTILITY

Important

Option 2 (RESTORE) can be used to restore the most recent backup of individual data sets from Volume Backups. Depending on the customization of the dialogs done during install (Installing), the user may have the option to directly submit an ABR restore job or to add the request to a remote queue. Although the RESTORE panels support the restore of older backups, the SRS dialog, described next, is a far superior way of restoring data sets.

SRS ISPF dialog

SRS stands for “Search, Report, and Services”. It is described in detail in Working-with-FDRSRS. It allows users to search for information on data sets from a variety of sources, display the information in an easy-to-use format, and optionally to execute various TSO and ABR functions against the data sets displayed.

For Volume Backups, it can display backup information for the data sets selected. If OLDBACKUP was enabled on the volume containing the data sets, it can display all of the recorded backups for each data set, including the date of the backup. Simply by typing the RESTORE command on the proper line, users can request that a data set be restored from a particular backup.

Users can also add a request to the backup Remote Queue, so that the displayed data set are included in the next incremental backup of the volume it resides on.

From your ISPF main menu, if you enter “A.S.1”, you receive this SRS panel:

ABR ISPF Dialog – Panel A.S.1


FDRSRS1 ----------------- DATASET SELECTION: ABRBKUP ----- LINE 1/16 COL 4:6/10
COMMAND ===>                                                   SCROLL ===> CSR
ENTER SELECTION CRITERIA
           Read   Save   Submit   Find   Locate   Extract   Options   Help

FIELD         SELECTION VALUE                                       REPORT SORT
-----         ----------------------------------------------------- ------ ----
DSNAME   ===> usr.*.jcl usr.ac**__________________________________   1___  ____
VOL      ===> ____________________________________________________   2___  ____

SOURCE   ===> CATALOG (Catalog Volume Archive Appl Scratch Extract)  ____  ____

CATALOGN ===> ____________________________________________________

DEVTYPE  ===> ____________________________________________________   3___  ____
DSORG    ===> _____________________________________________________  4___  ____
BKGEN    ===> _____________________________________________________  6___  ____
BKCYCLE  ===> _____________________________________________________  7___  ____
BKINFO   ===>                                                        8___
OLDBKUP  ===> ALL__________________________________________________  ____  ____
SIZE     ===> _____________________________________________________  5___  ____


In this example, the user has filled in several data set name masks, has specified several attributes of the selected data sets to display (including ABR backup information), and had requested that all recorded backups of each data set be displayed (OLDBACKUP=ALL).

Important

All of the SRS report and selection fields shown may not display on the screen at once, you may need to scroll up and down to find the SRS fields you need. Working-with-FDRSRS includes information and examples on customizing SRS to display just the information required for a particular function, such as restore from Volume Backup.

In response to this request, SRS search the system catalogs for the data sets requested and display their backup information in a format similar to:

FDRSRS Data Set List - DSLIST

FDRSRS1 -------------------- DATASET LIST: DSLIST -------- LINE 1/20 COL 3:9/12
COMMAND ===>                                                   SCROLL ===> CSR
3 DATA SETS SELECTED.
       Read   Save   Find   Locate   Refresh   Next   Message   Printd   Help

COMMAND   DATA SET NAME               VOLSER DEVTYPE ALLOC DSO BKGN BKC BKDATE
--------- --------------------------- ------ ------- ----- --- ---- --- ------
         USR.HCHECKV2.CNTL           IDPLB0 ARCHIVED
         USR.JCL.CNTL                TSOWK0 3390-9    150 PO   230   1 12.162
                                                               230   0 12.159
                                                               229   4 12.158
                                                               229   2 12.156
                                                               229   1 12.155
                                                               229   0 12.152
restore                                                         228   3 12.151
                                                               228   2 12.150
                                                               228   1 12.149
                                                               228   0 12.145
                                                               227   3 12.143
                                                               227   2 12.142
                                                               227   0 12.138
                                                               226   4 12.137
restore   USR.AC.DATA                 IDPLB3 3390-3      1 PS   721   0 12.159


For data set USR.JCL.CNTL, the most recent 13 backups are displayed, with the generation (BKGN), cycle (BKC) and backup date (BKDATE). To restore from a particular backup, simply type RESTORE on the line next to the backup you want. For data set USR.AC.DATA only one backup is shown; type RESTORE next to it to restore the most recent backup.

The RESTORE command takes you to another panel where you can set options for the restore:

FDRSRS Backup Restore

FDRSRSJ5 ---------------- FDRSRS - Backup Restore ------------ Row 1 to 2 of 2
COMMAND ===> edit                                              SCROLL ===> CSR

 Edit JCL   Submit JCL   FG - execute in the foreground   RQ - add to remote q

Operands for RESTORE TYPE=ABR statement (Section 50.8):
===> RESTORE TYPE=ABR,DT

DSNAME/Filter ===> 'USR.JCL.CNTL'                                 Gen ===> 0228
Volume Serial ===> TSOWK0                                         Cycle => 03
New DSNAME    ===>                                                OLDB  =>
or NEWINDEX   ===>                                                Copy  => 1
New Volser(s) ===>
Operands for SELECT DSN= statement (Section 50.9):
===> NOTIFY=USR

DSNAME/Filter ===> 'USR.AC.DATA'                                  Gen ===> 0721
Volume Serial ===> IDPLB3                                         Cycle => 00
New DSNAME    ===>                                                OLDB  =>
or NEWINDEX   ===>                                                Copy  => 1
New Volser(s) ===>
Operands for SELECT DSN= statement (Section 50.9):
===> NOTIFY=USR


The proper volume, generation, and cycle have already been filled in. If required, you can enter a new name or NEWINDEX for renaming the restored data set; you can also specify a new target volume serial number if it is not to be restored to the original volume.

The user has the option to submit a batch ABR job stream to perform the restore (EDIT or SUBMIT commands), to attach ABR under TSO and execute the restore in the foreground (FG command), or to add the requests to the ABR Restore Remote Queue (RQ command, only valid if you have implemented that remote queue as described in Create-the-Remote-Queue-Files.

Important

Foreground (FG) restores work only if the TSO user is authorized to mount tapes. Your installation may have modified this panel to limit the choices available, or it may execute a particular command (for example, RQ) automatically without displaying this panel.

Because of the NOTIFY= operand, your TSO session receives a message when the restore of each data set is complete.

 

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