You can choose which format CICS® VR displays the backup and recovery
point times, either in local time or GMT format.
Press F6, GMT, to display the times in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) format,
if possible.
Press F5, Local, to re-display the times in local format.Figure 1. Backup list secondary window - GMT time
CICSVR registered backup names list Row 1 to 2 of 2
Press Enter to show the registered backup names list for the next selected
VSAM sphere. Or, press F12 to cancel the list sequence. Select a backup
and press F10, 'Info', to obtain optional backup information, or F11, 'Dereg', to
deregister the backup from the RCDS and optionally uncatalog and delete
the backup.
VSAM sphere . . . : CICSMVS.TST33.KSDS02
--------------------- Data set backup information ----------------------
S Date Time Type Backup data set name
08.033 17:20:48 GMT CICSMVS.KSDS02.BACKUPK3
08.033 13:22:01 GMT CICSMVS.KSDS02.BACKUPK2
***************************** Bottom of data ******************************
Command ===>
F1=Help F5=Local F6=GMT F7=Bkwd F8=Fwd F10=Info
F11=Dereg F12=Cancel
The times might not be available in GMT format for a backup in these circumstances:
CICS VR
was not notified by DFSMShsm when the DFSMShsm logical backup was created.
The backup was made using the Backup-While-Open (BWO) facility for a non-RLS
VSAM data set.
See the Understanding CICS VR backup supportCICS VR Implementation Guide and Reference for
further information about CICS VR backup notification.