Setting SLB parameters

If you specify Y in the Edit Options field adjacent to the Recovery Resources field, you can customize SLB parameters for recovery.

About this task

Complete the following steps to edit SLB parameters for recovery:

Procedure

  1. On the Recovery Options panel, specify Y in the Edit Options field next to Recovery Resources, and press Enter.
    This function is only enabled if you specify A or S in the Recovery Resources field.
  2. On the SLB Recovery Options panel, you can specify the following information:
    Figure 1. SLB Recovery Options panel
    IMS RE   V2R2 ------------ SLB Recovery Options ----------- 2021/04/17 12:41:4 
    Option   ===>                                                                  
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     Creator: ******     Name: ******                          SSID: IDA          
     Share Option: U  (Upd,View,No)    Description: TEST                           
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     Enter the options for using SLB for recovery:                                 
                                                                                   
     SLB Processing Only     ==> N (Yes/No)                                        
     From Offload            ==> N (Yes/No)                                        
     Parallel Tasks          ==> 04 (01-99)                                        
     Number of Tape units    ==> 02 (01-99)                                        
    SLB Processing Only
    Specify Y (Yes) or N (No) to indicate whether or not you want to perform SLB-only processing during the recovery operation.
    From Offload
    Specify Y (Yes) to indicate that any data sets that need to be restored from a System Level Backup should be done using an offload copy of the System Level Backup. Specify N (No) to have the data sets restored using the System Level Backup on disk.
    Parallel Tasks
    Specify a number in the range 01-99 to indicate the maximum number of parallel tasks that can be used when restoring multiple data sets from an SLB or SLB offload.
    Number of Tape units
    Specify a number in the range 01-99 to indicate the maximum number of tape drives that can be used when restoring multiple data sets from an SLB offload that is on tape.
  3. Press Enter, or specify END on the Option line to return to the Recovery Options panel, or specify CAN to cancel.