Point-in-time change accumulation and database recovery

Point-in-time change accumulation (PITCA) and database recovery restores a database to a specific date and time. A point-in-time change accumulation is useful for contingency planning and for disaster recovery planning.

When you use IMS Database Recovery Facility to restore a database to a point in time, only committed updates up to and including the point in time are selected from the change accumulation input. A point-in-time recovery is useful when a database is corrupted.