General backup notification

The CICS® VR server address space must be active for CICS VR to keep an inventory of backups created by other products (IBM® or non-IBM) not previously listed.

After a backup is created for a VSAM data set, the CICS VR file copy notification service can be called to notify CICS VR that a new backup has been created for a VSAM data set. The file copy notification service can either be called directly by the backup program, or from a user-specified job step that is run after the backup has been created successfully. Details about the backup, such as backup name and backup type, must be specified as parameters to the file copy notification service.

CICS VR stores information about the notified backup in the RCDS, allowing CICS VR to maintain an inventory of all backups of which it is notified. See Using the CICS VR file copy notification service for further details.