Software enables automated recovery and backup management.
Press Release Summary:
CICS® VSAM Recovery for z/OS® v4.1 enables recovery of CICS and batch VSAM data after physical or logical corruption. Focused on automation and backup management, software lets users automate process of recovering data set following backout failure in CICS and initiate taking of sharp and fuzzy backups via panel interface. Test-only forward recovery and backout enables testing of recovery processes without affecting production data.
Original Press Release:
IBM CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS V4.1 Delivers Automated Recovery and Backup Management Capabilities
New in CICS VSAM Recovery (CICS VR) for z/OS V4.1:
Automated recovery, with:
Error detection in CICS causing notification of CICS VR
Automatic creation of a recovery job
Invocation of backup from the panel interface
Assistance for backups, such as with REPRO, by preallocating dataset where required
Authorization management to limit authorization for specific tasks by USERID
Forward recovery and backout enhancements allowing testing of recovery procedures
Creation of a detailed disaster recovery report
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: LE001).
Overview
CICS® VSAM Recovery (CICS VR) for z/OS® V4.1 is a member of the CICS Tools family. Its role is to enable the recovery of CICS and batch VSAM data after physical or logical corruption. This new version focuses on automation and backup management. Automation allows users to automate the process of recovering a data set following a backout failure in CICS, while backup management lets users initiate the taking of a backup via the panel interface.
New in CICS VR V4.1
Allows automated recovery, with two complementary functions:
Automated notification to CICS VR when backout failure is detected in CICS
Optional automatic CICS VR recovery for online CICS VSAM data sets
Allows invocation of the backup process from the CICS VR panel interface, allowing both sharp and fuzzy backups (when enabled) to be taken
Preallocates the target data set before restoring from a backup to support backups by REPRO (a DFSMS dataset copy utility in z/OS) and other backup types where restore does not include dataset allocation
Provides authorization management for the panel interface to limit authorization for specific tasks by USERID
Provides test-only forward recovery and backout, to enable testing of recovery processes without affecting production data
Offers disaster recovery reports, allowing customers to review and validate what is needed at a remote site
Key prerequisites
z/OS V1.4, or later
CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) for OS/390® V1.3, or CICS TS for z/OS V2.2, or later
Planned availability date
December 9, 2005
