Applying entered parameters

CICS® VR attempts to apply the entered default recovery parameters to each of the VSAM spheres that you selected in preparation for the construction of the recovery job. If CICS VR finds any errors during this process, a separate message is written to the data set allocated to the DWWMSG ddname for each error.

If any errors are found during this process, the data set allocated to the DWWMSG ddname is automatically displayed when the process is complete.

Figure 1. VIEW of DWWMSG data set
  File  Edit  Edit_Settings  Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Test  Help           
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VIEW       USER1.EXAMPLE.DWWMSG                            Columns 00001 00072
Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE
.TITLE 1CICSVR - CICS VSAM RECOVERY                                           
000002 0                                                                      
000003  DWW8004W A logical backup could not be found for VSAM sphere TEST.SPH1
000004                                                                        
000005  DWW8004W A logical backup could not be found for VSAM sphere TEST.SPH2
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 F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F5=Rfind     F6=Rchange   F7=Up       
 F8=Down      F9=Swap     F10=Left     F11=Right    F12=Cancel                

Press F3 to exit the VIEW and continue creating a recovery job for those VSAM spheres that do not contain errors.

Confirming an update to the CICS VR default values

Use this secondary window to confirm an update to the CICS VR default values.
Figure 2. Default update verification secondary window
                     CICSVR default update verification

 Press Enter to update stored defaults, or press F12 to cancel the request.

 Command ===> __________________________________________________________________
  F1=Help    F12=Cancel

CICS VR wait secondary window

After you have entered the recovery parameters for every selected VSAM sphere, the CICS VR wait secondary window is displayed:
Figure 3. Wait Secondary Window
                                CICSVR wait

 CICSVR is constructing your recovery job. This job might take a few minutes.