ABARS (aggregate backup and recovery support) on tape – at the primary site

  1. Define and load VSAM spheres.
  2. Create an ABARS backup of the VSAM spheres onto tape. 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:
    • ABARS backup 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, ABARS backup, and exported RCDS.
  2. Perform RCDS IMPORT.
  3. Catalog the log stream copies.
  4. Restore the VSAM spheres from the ABARS backup.
  5. Use the CICS VR panel interface to create a job that automatically restores the VSAM spheres from ABARS backup, then performs a forward recovery on the restored VSAM spheres.

See z/OS® DFSMShsm Storage Administration Guide for more information about ABARS.