Updating Change Accumulation options

The Change Accumulation options are used during disaster recovery when you are processing Change Accumulation data sets.

1. On the Update Disaster Recovery Profile panel, specify U in the Process Change Accums for DR field. Press Enter.

    BSY$DPR2  ------- Edit DR Change Accum Options ------ 2021/09/22  14:45:40 
    Option  ===>                                                                   
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     Creator: PDBISC     Name: FFJKJ                            User: PDBISC       
     Share Option: U  (Upd,View,No)    Description: DDL                            
     IMS System/Group: ICA2                                                        
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    Change Accum Options:                                                          
      Change Accums used at DR          ==> C   (Yes/None/Copy)                    
      Number of Change Accum copy tasks ==> 4   (1-32)                             
      Change Accums needed at DR site   ==> 030 (days)  000 (hours)                
      Unit for Copying Change Accums    ==> CART                                   
         Edit Allocation parameters     ==> N   (Yes/No)                           
      Number of qualifiers to replace   ==> 1   (0-9)                              
      DR Change Accum prefix            ==> EMC.CA.DR                              
                                                                                   
   

2. On the Edit DR Change Accum Options panel, specify the following information:

   Change Accums Used at DR

   Specify which Change Accum data sets to use at the DR site. Specify C if you want IMS Recovery Expert to copy local CA data sets and register the copied data sets in the DR RECON. Specify N if you want IMS Recovery Expert to invalidate all registered CA data sets in the DR RECON. Specify Y if you do not want IMS Recovery Expert to change any registered CA data sets in the DR RECON.

   Number of Change Accum copy tasks

   Specify how many tasks you want IMS Recovery Expert to assign to the change accumulation copy process. Specify a number between 1 and 32.

   Change Accums needed at DR site

   Specify the number of days and/or hours of change accumulation data that are needed at disaster recovery.

   Unit for Copying Change Accums

   Specify the tape or DASD unit device to be used to allocate data sets to be created when copying change accumulation data sets.

   Edit allocation parameters

   Specify Y in this field to edit the change accumulation copy allocation parameter panel.

   Number of qualifiers to replace

   Specify how many qualifiers of the existing change accumulation data set name you want to replace with the DR Change Accum Prefix.

   DR Change Accum Prefix

   Specify the change accumulation data sets prefix that the copied change accumulation data sets will have at the disaster recovery site. You can include &SSID in the prefix to have IMS Recovery Expert replace it with the IMS system name.

3. If you specify Y for Edit allocation parameters, the Local CA copy allocation panel opens:

    BSY$DPR6  ------- Local CA copy allocation ------ 2021/11/11  15:40:52.86  
    Option  ===>                                                                   
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     Creator: PDMONA     Name: TEST2                            User: PDMONA       
     Share Option: U  (Upd,View,No)    Description:                                
     IMS System/Group: EMC                                                         
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    Parameters for Local Change Accum copy:                                        
      SMS Data Class               ==>                                             
      SMS Storage Class            ==>                                             
      SMS Management Class         ==>                                             
                                                                                   
    Tape specific parameters:                                                      
      Expiration Date *or*         ==>         (YYYYDDD/YYDDD)                     
      Retention Period             ==> 0100    (4 digit number)                    
   

4. Specify information for the following Local CA copy allocation options:

   SMS Data Class

   Specify what SMS data class to use for the allocation of the copied local Change Accum data sets.

   SMS Storage Class

   Specify what SMS storage class to use for the allocation of the copied local Change Accum data sets.

   SMS Management Class

   Specify what SMS management class to use for the allocation of the copied local Change Accum data sets.

   Expiration Date

   If you specified to use a tape unit for the copied CA data sets, specify an expiration date for the data sets. You must specify either an Expiration date or a Retention Period.

   Retention Period

   If you specified to use a tape unit for the copied CA data sets, specify a retention period for the data sets. You must specify either an Expiration date or a Retention Period.