Restoring data from cloud storage

Cloud Connector restores data from cloud storage locations through explicit requests. The product provides three mechanisms to initiate these requests:

• Cloud Connector ISPF Interface (Main Menu). This is the recommended way to request data set restores. From the Main Menu, you can choose several Restore options that provide much more function than the Restore Operator command.
• Restore Operator Command. This command does not require the Cloud Connector ISPF interface, but it provides limited function.
• Batch Restore job. This is an alternate method of restoring data sets from the cloud without using the ISPF interface. This restore method supports the use of wildcard characters or restoring full data sets. The instructions for performing a batch restore process are found in the SCUZSAMP library in member CUZJREST. For more details on how to modify the JCL in this member, refer to Sample Job for Batch Restore.

From this point and for simplicity, this section assumes the recommended method, Cloud Connector ISPF Interface, is used to initiate Restore requests. Also, this section is an overview of Restore processing. Refer to Restore commands for specific details.