Features of the configuration migration and maintenance utility

You can use the configuration migration and maintenance utility to manage the configurations of your Classic data servers. The utility can monitor, back up, and recover your configurations.

The utility supports the following configuration-related Master Terminal Operator (MTO) commands:
  • EXPORT,CONFIG
  • IMPORT,CONFIG
The utility also provides a REPORT command.

To run the configuration migration and maintenance utility, enter one or more of the configuration commands on the SYSIN DD statement.

Backups

You can use the utility to run the EXPORT command at any time to create backups of configuration files.

Recovery

You can use the EXPORT and IMPORT commands to restore a configuration environment to a previous point in time. By using the EXPORT command, you can create a command file that is based on the configuration environment of a running Classic data server. You can then use this command file to update a different configuration file by using the IMPORT command.

To restore the full configuration, run the utility offline against empty configuration data sets when the Classic data server is not running. To avoid conflicts with default services, run the utility against empty configuration data sets.

Monitoring

You can use the utility to run the REPORT command at any time to monitor the configuration of the Classic data server.