Setting automatic backup deregistration

Use the CICS® VR automatic backup deregister secondary window to view and update the deregistration settings.

Select option 2, Automatic backup deregister, from the Automatic deregister criteria menu to view and change the CICS® VR automatic backup deregistration settings.

Figure 1. CICS® VR automatic backup deregister secondary window

                    CICSVR automatic backup deregister                      
Command ===>                                                                
                                                                            
Turn automatic deregistration for backups ON by specifying values for       
Backup retention period, Use log retention period and Use catalog           
information, then press Enter. Turn automatic deregistration for backups    
OFF by leaving all fields blank, then press Enter.                          
                                                                            
  Automatic backup deregister . . . . . . : OFF                             
                                                                            
  Backup retention period . . . . . . . . . ___  (Number of days)           
                                                                            
  Use log retention period . . : (005)  . . _    (1=Yes, 2=No)              
                                                                            
  Use catalog information . . . . . . . . . _    (1=Yes, 2=No)              
                                                                            
  Uncatalog and delete  . . . . . . . . . . _    (1=Yes, 2=No)              
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
 F1=Help    F12=Cancel

Use the CICS® VR automatic backup deregister secondary window to view and change the automatic backup deregistration settings. From this window, you can:

Turn automatic backup deregistration ON by specifying at least one of the following deregistration criteria:
- an integer between 0 and 999 specified for Backup retention period
- the value of 1 specified for Use log retention period
- the value of 1 specified for Use catalog information
Change existing automatic backup deregistration settings by typing new values over the exiting values and pressing Enter.
Turn automatic backup deregistration OFF by leaving all input fields blank and pressing Enter.

If you do not want to change the automatic backup deregistration settings, press Cancel, F12. This action immediately returns you to the CICS® VR VSAM sphere list.

For information about setting and using CICS® VR automatic deregistration, see Understanding CICS VR automatic deregistration"Understanding CICS® VR automatic deregistration" in the CICS® VR Implementation Guide and Reference .