CICS VSAM Recovery Version 4.2 (CICS VR) can help you to recover CICS and batch VSAM data from physical or logical corruption. CICS VR allows you to recover from errors quickly, reduces the risk that off-line processing might exceed its batch window, and improves the availability of your online CICS systems.

With CICS VR, you can:

-- Perform automated recovery.

-- Invoke the backup process from the CICS VR panel interface to allow both sharp and fuzzy backups (when enabled).

-- Pre-allocate the target data set prior to restoring from a backup.

-- Manage authorization for the panel interface to limit access to specific tasks by user ID.

-- Test forward recovery and backout procedures to enable testing of recovery processes without affecting production data.

-- Create disaster recovery reports to allow customers to review and validate what is needed at a remote site.

-- Manage log streams.

This IBM Redbooks publication reviews how to install, customize, and implement CICS VR in your environment. It also looks at usage scenarios and new functions that are available with CICS VR 4.2.

Part 1. CICS VR functionality

Chapter 1. An introduction to CICS VR

Chapter 2. CICS VR panels

Part 2. CICS VR installation and customization

Chapter 3. CICS VR installation

Chapter 4. CICS VR integration

Part 3. CICS VR usage scenarios

Chapter 5. CICS VR in a CICS TS environment

Chapter 6. CICS VR VSAM batch logging

Chapter 7. Disaster recovery

Part 4. New functions in CICS VR V4

Chapter 8. CICS VR automated recovery

Chapter 9. Automatic and manual log of logs scan

Chapter 10. Log Stream Copy utility enhancements

Chapter 11. Backup control enhancements

Part 5. Appendixes

Appendix A. Additional information about APARS

Appendix B. Problem diagnosis

Appendix C. Sample program, VSAMBUPD