Restoring a system: Data only

If both data and logs were backed up, you can choose to restore only the data. If the backup was configured for data only, you can only restore the data.

About this task

When restoring data only, IMS Recovery Expert generates three separate JCL members that must be executed in order.

To restore the system:

Procedure

  1. Build the restore job from the desired backup. For more information, see Building restore jobs - data only.
  2. Submit the first job. This job will stop IMS, if not already stopped, and perform a system data restore.
  3. Submit the second job to perform recovery for all IMS databases and indexes.
  4. Submit the last job to restart IMS if it was originally active.

Results

The IMS system is now restored to the selected point in time.