Connecting IMS Recovery Expert and Db2 Recovery Expert

For each coordinated recovery profile that you build, you can specify that IMS Recovery Expert connect to a default or a specific instance of Db2 Recovery Expert.

About this task

IMS Recovery Expert links to Db2 Recovery Expert by using the CLIST information that is specified in the user settings option. A default value for the CLIST connection information to Db2 Recovery Expert is specified during installation. If you want IMS Recovery Expert to connect to a different instance of Db2 Recovery Expert, you must specify overriding CLIST information for the current session.

To specify Db2 Recovery Expert CLIST information:

Procedure

  1. Specify 0 (Administration) on the IMS Recovery Expert main menu panel (BSY$MAIN) and press Enter.
  2. On the Administration Menu panel (BSY$PNL0), specify 4 on the Option line and press Enter.
    Figure 1. Db2 CLIST Information panel (BSY$PNL5)
    
 BSY$PNL5 V2R2 ---------- Db2 CLIST Information ---------- 2021/06/30  13:58:01 
 Option ===>                                                                    
                                                                                
 Enter or Update Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS clist information :               
                                                                                
 CLIST library name     ==> ROCKET.USER.CLIST                                   
 CLIST member name      ==> ARY@IB31

  3. On the Db2 CLIST Information panel, in the CLIST library name field, specify the name of the library that contains the CLIST member for the specific version of Db2 Recovery Expert.
  4. In the CLIST member name field, specify the CLIST member name for the specific version of Db2 Recovery Expert.
  5. Press Enter.
    For the duration of the current session, IMS Recovery Expert uses the specified CLIST information to connect to Db2 Recovery Expert.