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Working with other VSAM sphere list pull-down menus
The CICS® VR recovery and backup functions are typically accessed using the Utilities pull-down menu after selecting VSAM spheres.
The VSAM sphere list Administrate pull-down menu
Use the Administrate pull-down menu to register VSAM spheres in the CICS® VR RCDS, deregister selected VSAM spheres from the CICS VR RCDS, and exit from the CICS VR VSAM sphere list.
Registering a VSAM sphere in the RCDS
Use the Register option to preliminary register VSAM spheres to use the CICS® VR selective backup registration function that registers only those backups that relate to VSAM spheres already registered in the RCDS.

What's new in CICS VR 6.1
CICS® VR 6.1 contains these changes.
Operating environment
CICS® VR uses logs to recover your VSAM data.
CICS VR Overview
Getting Started
CICS® VR and CICS® TS
CICS VR Exits
Running CICS® VR forward recovery
CICS® VR forward recovery consists of a restore and then forward recovery.
Running CICS® VR backup
The information in the following topics describe how to take a backup using CICS® VR. The panels and secondary windows are in the sequence that they are displayed during a backup job generation.
Running CICS® VR reorganization
You can reorganize a VSAM sphere using CICS® VR. VSAM sphere reorganization can increase the space of a sphere and its alternate indexes. It can also change the control interval sizes for a sphere's components.
Working with other VSAM sphere list pull-down menus
The CICS® VR recovery and backup functions are typically accessed using the Utilities pull-down menu after selecting VSAM spheres.
- The VSAM sphere list Administrate pull-down menu
  Use the Administrate pull-down menu to register VSAM spheres in the CICS® VR RCDS, deregister selected VSAM spheres from the CICS VR RCDS, and exit from the CICS VR VSAM sphere list.
  - Registering a VSAM sphere in the RCDS
    Use the Register option to preliminary register VSAM spheres to use the CICS® VR selective backup registration function that registers only those backups that relate to VSAM spheres already registered in the RCDS.
  - Deregistering a VSAM sphere from the RCDS
    Deregistering a VSAM sphere removes the VSAM sphere entry from the CICS® VR VSAM sphere list.
- Using the VSAM sphere list tools pull-down menu
  Use the VSAM sphere list tools pull-down menu to set RLS options for the VSAM spheres.
- Using the VSAM sphere list panel list pull-down menu
  You can list logical backups, RLS details and data set names for selected VSAM spheres.
- Using the VSAM sphere list View pull-down menu
  Use the View pull-down menu to redisplay, sort, or filter the list of VSAM spheres.
- Using the VSAM sphere list Help pull-down menu
  A description of the pull-down menu choices.
Working with CICS® Backout Failed spheres
The CICS® Backout Failed sphere list shows the CICS spheres registered for manual recovery or reorganization after CICS notification of a backout failure.
Working with logs
Using ISMF data set lists with CICS® VR
CICS® VR is integrated with ISMF so that you can create a CICS VR recovery job for the data sets in an ISMF data set list by entering the VSAMREC line operator or list command. When you enter the VSAMREC line operator or list command, the necessary CICS VR panels are called and you can create a recovery job for the VSAM sphere.
Running CICS® VR manually
IBM® recommends that you use the CICS® VR panel interface to create recovery jobs for your VSAM spheres. Using the CICS VR panel interface eliminates the need for you to manually keep track of daily update activity, logs, backups, etc. Also, the CICS VR panel interface automatically creates the recovery JCL for you.
Running CICS® VR batch backout
The CICS® VR batch backout utility allows you to remove updates that were made to KSDS, ESDS, RRDS, and VRRDS VSAM spheres by steps in a batch job. This section describes how to run the CICS VR batch backout utility.
Understanding CICS® VR reports
The CICS® VR forward recovery and batch backout utilities produce a set of reports upon successful completion. The reports are written to the data set allocated to the DWWPRINT ddname. However, the set of reports written for the forward recovery backout utilities differ from the set of reports written for the batch backout utilities.
Understanding IBM® program support
The IBM® Customer Engineering Program Support structure helps you resolve problems with IBM products, and ensures that you can make the best use of your IBM computing systems.
Problem determination procedures
If you have to contact IBM® personnel about a CICS® VR problem, you must classify and describe the problem.
Diagnosing the causes of abends
You can determine the cause of a CICS® VR abend in a number of ways.
Reference information
The reference sections of the information contain reference information that you need when you use CICS® VR.
Glossary
The terms in this glossary are defined as they pertain to the CICS VSAM Recovery documentation.
Edition notice
This is the information for CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS. It applies to CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS Version 6.1, and to all subsequent versions, releases, and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Make sure you are using the correct edition for the level of the product.
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Download the PDF format documentation for CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS 6.1

Registering a VSAM sphere in the RCDS

Use the Register option to preliminary register VSAM spheres to use the CICS® VR selective backup registration function that registers only those backups that relate to VSAM spheres already registered in the RCDS.

For more information, see the description of the SELBKREG server address space default in CICS® VR Implementation Guide and ReferenceDefining a CICS VR general control parameter.

Register a VSAM sphere in the RCDS using one of these methods:

Select option 1.
Move the cursor to the Register item in the pull-down menu and press Enter

                      CICSVR VSAM sphere register                          
Command ===> ____________________________________________________________                                                               
                                                                            
Specify a VSAM sphere. For protection the VSAM sphere entry from CICSVR     
automatic deregister function, specify "1" for the VSAM sphere protection   
field. Press Enter to register the sphere in the RCDS. Or, press F12 to     
cancel the request.                                                         
                                                                            
  VSAM sphere  . . . . . ______________________________________________
     
  VSAM sphere protection . . . . 2  (1=Yes, 2=No)                           
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                         
                                                                            
                                                                         
                                                                            
 F1=Help    F12=Cancel

A value of 1, Yes, for VSAM sphere protection means that the VSAM sphere entry in the RCDS is protected from the CICS® VR automatic deregistration function. The Register option also turns the protection flag on and off for VSAM spheres that are already registered:

Type S beside the selected spheres in the VSAM sphere list.
Select the option 1 from the Administrate pull-down menu.

The CICS® VR VSAM sphere register secondary window is displayed for every VSAM sphere that you selected.