Running CICS VR manually

IBM® recommends that you use the CICS® VR panel interface to create recovery jobs for your VSAM spheres. Using the CICS VR panel interface eliminates the need for you to manually keep track of daily update activity, logs, backups, etc. Also, the CICS VR panel interface automatically creates the recovery JCL for you.

However, in some environments, using the CICS VR panel interface might not be possible or ideal. This section provides hints and tips that you might want to consider when preparing to run CICS VR manually.