Other backup utilities – at the primary site

  1. Define and load VSAM spheres.
  2. Create backups of the VSAM spheres onto tape using any backup utility. Be sure to record the name, date, and time of the backups.
  3. Update the VSAM spheres with CICS® applications, batch applications, or both.
  4. Perform LOGOFLOGS SCAN.
  5. Create log stream copies of the MVS log streams that contain the log records.
  6. Perform RCDS EXPORT.
  7. Send the following to the remote site:
    • Backups of the VSAM spheres
    • Log stream copies
    • Sequential data set that contains the exported RCDS
At the remote site:
  1. Mount the tapes with the log stream copies, backups, and exported RCDS.
  2. Perform RCDS IMPORT.
  3. Catalog the log stream copies.
  4. Restore the VSAM spheres from their backups.
  5. Call the CICS VR panel interface to create and submit a forward recovery job for the VSAM spheres. Specify the date and time the backup was taken as the forward recovery start time, select None as the backup type, and specify QSAM copy as the log stream type.