Using VSAMREC as a list command

You can enter VSAMREC as a list command for all of the data sets within an ISMF data set list.

This command starts the CICS® VR dialog which creates a recovery job for every data set within the data set list.

Figure 1. ISMF DATA SET LIST panel with VSAMREC list command
  Panel  List  Dataset  Utilities  Scroll  Help                                 
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                                 DATA SET LIST                                  
Command ===> VSAMREC                                          Scroll ===> HALF
                                                        Entries 1-6 of 6        
Enter Line Operators below:                             Data Columns 3-4 of 39  
                                                                                
     LINE                                                     ALLOC   ALLOC     
     OPERATOR                  DATA SET NAME                  SPACE   USED      
    ---(1)----  --------------------(2)--------------------- --(3)-- --(4)--    
                EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER1                             ------- -------    
                EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER2                             ------- -------    
                EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER3                             ------- -------    
                EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER4                             ------- -------    
                EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER5                             ------- -------    
                EXMPHLQ.CLUSTER6                             ------- -------    
    ----------  ------  -----------  BOTTOM  OF  DATA  ----- -------  ---- ---- 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
F1=Help    F2=Split   F3=End     F4=Return  F7=Up      F8=Down    F9=Swap      
F10=Left   F11=Right  F12=Cursor                                                

If you enter VSAMREC as a list command for all of the six data sets, CICS VR creates a recovery job for all six data sets in the data set list.