Creating and running a reorganization job

Perform this sequence of tasks to create and run a CICS® VR reorganization job.

Procedure

  1. Update the RCDS with the most recent information about the VSAM sphere or spheres that you want to reorganize.
    Creating groups of VSAM spheresCICS VR Implementation Guide and Reference has more information about registering VSAM spheres.
  2. Obtain a list of VSAM spheres:
    1. Select option 1 from the CICS VR main menu. The CICS VR VSAM sphere list include secondary window opens.
    2. Either enter search criteria for the list of VSAM spheres, or enter the name of the data set that contains the list of VSAM spheres.
      Specifying criteria for the VSAM sphere list explains how to do this.
    The CICS VR VSAM sphere list panel is displayed, showing a list of VSAM spheres registered to CICS VR. The spheres in the list either match the search criteria that you entered or are listed in the data set which you specified.
  3. Enter S next to the VSAM sphere that you want to reorganize. Multiple selection of spheres is not allowed for reorganization.
  4. Either select the Utilities pull-down menu and choose the Reorganization option, option 1, or use the shortcut function key F4 (Reorg).
    The CICS VR VSAM sphere reorganization parameters secondary window opens.
  5. Enter the reorganization parameters for the VSAM sphere that is displayed in the CICS VR VSAM sphere reorganization parameters secondary window.
    Providing VSAM sphere reorganization parameters explains how to do this.
    When you have entered all the necessary parameters, CICS VR constructs a reorganization job, and the CICS VR job submission secondary window opens.
  6. Choose the Save generated JCL option, option 4, to save the reorganization job.
    The CICS VR Save JCL secondary window opens. Specify the member name for the reorganization job.
    The member is saved in the data set that you allocated to the ddname ISPFILE.
  7. In the CICS VR job submission secondary window, choose the Browse the job option, option 2, if you want to check the reorganization job that CICS VR has generated.
    You can edit the job if necessary.
  8. In the CICS VR job submission secondary window, choose the Submit the job option, option 1, to run the reorganization job.