VAULT initiation via a z/OS Operator Command

You can initiate USTVAULT using a z/OS Operator command. This is often useful when initiating via an automated schedule or an automated operations tool. However, unlike with USTBATCH initiation, running the command “manually” in this way will not allow you to perform any conditional checking of the results.

• First, enter the z/OS console interface that you would normally utilize to access the z/OS system console. In the example below we are using the IOF product.

• Then, on the command line, enter your FDR/Upstream z/OS VAULT command in the format shown below and press ENTER to execute the command.

  F [started task name],VAULTxx [PROFILE=xxxxxxxx] [NOINCR]

• In our example below, we are running a USTVAULT against all vault enabled backup profiles (VAULT=YES specified in the profile) which have a GROUPID=01. The NOINCR parameter allows USTVAULT to vault only the most recent full backup, effectively bypassing any recent incrementals.