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CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS 6.1
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  2. Welcome
  3. CICS VR Overview
  4. Introducing CICS VR

    With CICS VR, you can recover your VSAM data without specialist knowledge or expertise.

  5. How you interact with CICS VR

    Interaction with CICS VR is usually performed using panel interfaces. Each panel in the interface consists of several components.

  6. Function keys and shortcuts
  • 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
    • Introducing CICS VR

      With CICS VR, you can recover your VSAM data without specialist knowledge or expertise.

      • When to run CICS VR

        Use CICS VR to recover from any of the following problems in a CICS® TS or batch environment.

      • How you interact with CICS VR

        Interaction with CICS VR is usually performed using panel interfaces. Each panel in the interface consists of several components.

        • Pull-down menus

          When you select a choice from the menu bar and a pull-down menu is displayed. The pull-down menu overlays a part of the panel under the choice.

        • Secondary windows

          After selecting an option from a pull-down menu, a secondary window is displayed. Secondary windows do not have a menu bar.

        • Pop-up messages

          When using a CICS VR panel interface, various pop-up messages might be displayed providing additional information.

        • Function keys and shortcuts
          • Standard function keys

            Two standard function keys are available in all panels and secondary windows.

          • Other function keys

            These function keys are available in some CICS VR panels and secondary windows in the ISPF dialog interface. They are available only in the panels and secondary windows that contain objects to which they refer, so the function performed by a key might change depending on the panel that is displayed.

          • Shortcut function keys

            Some actions available on a menu have shortcut function keys. Pressing the shortcut key causes the action, without selecting the action from the menu.

        • Shortcut commands

          Some actions available on a menu have equivalent commands. Entering the command on the command line causes the action, without selecting the action from the menu. The commands are available on specific panels.

        • Online help

          Press F1 for Online help. The help information provided is context-sensitive and depends on the task being performed at the time, and the current position of the cursor.

    • Using the main menu

      When you start CICS VR, the CICS VR main menu panel is displayed.

    • Customizing the JCL skeleton

      How to edit the JCL skeleton.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Download PDF

    Download the PDF format documentation for CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS 6.1

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Function keys and shortcuts

Three groups of function keys are used in the CICS VR ISPF dialog interface.
  • Standard function keys
  • Other function keys
  • Shortcut function keys
  • Standard function keys
    Two standard function keys are available in all panels and secondary windows.
  • Other function keys
    These function keys are available in some CICS VR panels and secondary windows in the ISPF dialog interface. They are available only in the panels and secondary windows that contain objects to which they refer, so the function performed by a key might change depending on the panel that is displayed.
  • Shortcut function keys
    Some actions available on a menu have shortcut function keys. Pressing the shortcut key causes the action, without selecting the action from the menu.
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