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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.
Using VSAMREC as a line operator
You can enter VSAMREC as a line operator for individual data sets within an ISMF data set list.
Browsing the DWWPRINT data set
If the VSAM sphere for which the VSAMREC line operator is issued is registered to CICS® VR, all log of logs registered to CICS VR are scanned.

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.
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.
- Creating ISMF data set lists
  With ISMF, you can create and use data set lists that are groups of data sets that match user-defined selection criteria. Depending on the selection criteria that you enter, these lists can contain hundreds of data set names or only a few.
- Saving ISMF data set lists
  After an ISMF data set list is created and the results are presented on the ISMF DATA SET LIST panel you can issue any line operators and list commands for these data sets.
- Using saved queries to regenerate ISMF data set lists
  After you create and save an ISMF data set list, additional new data sets might meet the same selection criteria used to produce a saved data set list. Once you save an ISMF data set list, you can only re-display the original contents of that list.
- Understanding VSAMREC
  VSAMREC is the name of the list command and line operator that you can enter on the ISMF DATA SET LIST panel to recover the VSAM spheres in the list.
- Using VSAMREC as a line operator
  You can enter VSAMREC as a line operator for individual data sets within an ISMF data set list.
  - Viewing registration errors
    After you specify the VSAMREC line operator for a data set, CICS® VR verifies that the data set is registered in the CICS VR RCDS. If the data set is registered, CICS VR creates a recovery job for the sphere.
  - Browsing the DWWPRINT data set
    If the VSAM sphere for which the VSAMREC line operator is issued is registered to CICS® VR, all log of logs registered to CICS VR are scanned.
  - Providing VSAM sphere forward recovery parameters
    After you finish browsing the DWWPRINT data set, the CICS® VR VSAM sphere parameters secondary window is displayed.
  - Submitting the job
    After the recovery job is created, the CICS® VR job submission secondary window is displayed.
- Using VSAMREC as a list command
  You can enter VSAMREC as a list command for all of the data sets within an ISMF data set list.
- Creating backups using the ISMF Data Set List panel
  You can use ISMF data set lists to group VSAM spheres for recovery. You can also use the same ISMF data set lists to group VSAM spheres to create backups used by CICS® VR.
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

Browsing the DWWPRINT data set

If the VSAM sphere for which the VSAMREC line operator is issued is registered to CICS® VR, all log of logs registered to CICS® VR are scanned.

If the log of logs are successfully scanned, CICS® VR presents the results as an ISPF browse of the DWWPRINT data set. If one or more log of logs is registered to CICS® VR and one or more messages is written to the DWWMSG data set during the scan, the DWWMSG data set is opened for view.

Figure 1. BROWSE of DWWPRINT data set

CICSVR -  LOG OF LOGS SCAN UTILITY                        DATE : 08/06/23     TIME : 11:01:09     PAGE : 1 

STATISTICS FOR A LOG OF LOGS SCAN 
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LOG OF LOGS NAME       : CICSVR1.MVSLOG
FIRST TIME GMT         : 08.159 01:00:00 
LAST TIME GMT          : 08.159 01:10:00
FIRST TIME LOCAL       : 08.159 01:00:00
LAST TIME LOCAL        : 08.159 01:10:00
FIRST BLOCK ID         :                43282 
LAST BLOCK ID          :                67382 


VSAM DATA SET STATISTICS 
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VSAM DATA SET NAME                CICSID    FCT NAME  OPEN DATE/TIME  CLOSE DATE/TIME  MVS LOG STREAM NAME 
------------------------------	  -------    --------  --------------  ---------------  -------------------
EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER2                  CICSPROD  BASEA     08.159 01:00:00 02.199 01:10:00  CICSVR1.MVSLOG 

       -  LOG OF LOGS SCAN UTILITY                           DATE : 08/06/23     TIME : 11:01:09  PAGE : 2 

INFORMATION FOR A FORWARD RECOVERY OF EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER2 
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JOB STEP 1 

START TIME GMT    STOP TIME GMT 
----------------  --------------- 
08.159 01:00:00   08.159 01:10:00
MVS LOG STREAMS NEEDED 
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CICSVR1.MVSLOG

Press F8 to scroll through the log of logs scan report. Press F3 to continue creating the recovery job.