Selecting a recovery timestamp

Choose your recovery point from a list of timestamps.

Procedure

  1. On the Restore Options panel, specify Y in the Select a Recovery Point field and press Enter.
    Figure 1. Select Timestamp Information to Display panel (BSY$RBAO)
            Select Timestamp Information to display 
 BSY$RBAO                                                 
    Display Archive Logs times:       Y  (Yes/No)         
    Display Checkpoint times:         Y  (Yes/No)         
    Display Valid Recovery Points     Y  (Yes/No)

  2. From the Select Timestamp Information to Display panel, select from the following options the type of timestamp you want to use for a recovery point:
    Display Archive Logs times
    Specify Y in this field to display the timestamps at the end of the archive logs.
    Display Checkpoint times
    Specify Y in this field to display the timestamps of IMS system checkpoints.
    Display Valid Recovery Points
    Specify Y in this field to display the quiet timestamp ranges for this system from the time of the selected backup to the current time.
  3. Press Enter.
    Figure 2. Subsystem Timestamp Display panel (BSY$RBAE)
     BSY$RBAE  V2R2 ------ Subsystem Timestamp Display ------ 2021/11/11  15:16:09 
 Option  ===>                                                 Scroll ===> CSR 
                                                                              
 Line Commands: S - Select Timestamp                                          
                                                                              
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    Backup Timestamp Displayed from: 02/26/2021-21:50:00 To Current/End       
                                                                              
  Subsystem: IAA                   Datasharing: Yes            Row 1 of 18   +
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 Archive Log Records                                                          
      <-- Log Timestamp -->                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:09:48.4                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:13:21.4                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:13:37.6                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:13:45.6                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:13:52.9                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:14:23.7                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:14:23.9                                                   
                                                                              
 -------------------------------- End of Data ------------------------        
                                                                              
 Check Point Records                                                          
      <-- Log Timestamp -->                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:09:25.3                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:13:20.5                                                   
      02/26/2021-22:14:22.2

  4. On the Subsystem Timestamp Display panel, the following fields are displayed:
    Archive Log Records
    This section displays the timestamps recorded for the creation of log records.
    Log Timestamp
    This is the store clock time at which the log records at the end of the archive log were created.
    Check Point Records
    This section displays the timestamps recorded at start and end checkpoints.
    Log Timestamp
    This is the store clock time associated with the start or end of the checkpoint record.
    RPID Recovery Points
    This section displays the quiet time ranges for the selected subsystem.
    Start Timestamp
    The timestamp for the beginning of the range.
    End Timestamp
    The timestamp for the end of the range.
  5. To select a recovery point, specify S next to the record and press Enter.
  6. When you have selected a timestamp, press PF3 to return to the Restore Options panel.
    The selected timestamp is inserted into the timestamp field.