Administration

The z/OS Change Tracker Administration menu features reporting options and resource management functions.

One of the primary administrative tasks is resource protection.

When a resource is protected, an initial backup of all members in the library is taken. This backup is recoverable. This feature can be skipped by specifying INITIAL=NO.

Protection provides a locking mechanism where all members in a library are locked. If LOCK=YES is specified during the protection, an update is disallowed on all the members unless checkout standards are used. To unlock members of the resource, use LOCK=NO. This setting allows updates to the members. Whenever a protected member is changed it is automatically backed up, irrespective of the LOCK value.

Figure 1. Administration menu
                                Administration
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 1   Check Out                  Grant ownership of a set of members
 2   Check In                   Check in members previously checked out
 3   Protect a Resource         Protect a PDS or PDSE
 4   Modify Protection          Change the LOCK status of a resource
 5   Remove Protection          Remove protection from a resource
 6   Backup                     Backup members of a protected resource
 7   Delete or Archive Backups  Delete or archive member backups
 8   Checked Out Resources      Display checked out members
 9   Show Archive Reports       Show archived backups or actions
 10  Show Logs                  Show logged Administrator activities
 11  Recover Archived Backups   Recover an archived member backup
 12  Prepare Tokens             Reference Tokens to identify MODS
 13  Identify MODS              MODS since Reference Tokens generated