Running Recovery Sensor

To run Recovery Sensor, code Recovery Sensor JCL statements and submit the job.

Before you begin

Recovery Sensor is delivered with the IMS Recovery Solution Pack as part of the IMS Database Recovery Facility Extended Functions component.

Before you submit your Recovery Sensor job, ensure that the IMS Tools Knowledge Base server and all the repositories, including the Sensor Data repository, are available.

Optionally, start the Autonomics Director servers if you want to run Recovery Sensor and a policy evaluation by using the Autonomics Director scheduling calendar. To start Autonomics Director servers, see the IMS Tools Base Autonomics Director User’s Guide.

Procedure

  1. Write the EXEC and the DD statements.

    See EXEC and DD statements for Recovery Sensor for information about the format of the EXEC statement and the input and the output DD statements.

  2. Specify the GLOBAL command and keywords in the IROSIN DD.

    The GLOBAL command controls the behavior of the Recovery Sensor job.

    If IMS Recovery Expert System Level Backups (SLB) are available, the Recovery Sensor can determine if a more recent backup of a specified database, partition, or area is available in the IMS catalog.

    This option can be activated by specifying USESLBIC=Y on the GLOBAL command.

    Detailed information about System Level Backup configuration and processing can be found in IMS Recovery Solution Pack: IMS Database Recovery Facility User's Guide.

    See GLOBAL command keywords for Recovery Sensor for information about the keywords that can be specified for the GLOBAL command.

  3. Specify the DATABASE command and keywords in the IROSIN DD.

    The DATABASE command specifies the DEDB areas to process.

    See DATABASE command keywords for Recovery Sensor for information about the keywords that can be specified for the DATABASE command.

  4. Specify the CA command and keywords in the IROSIN DD.

    The CA command specifies change accumulation groups to process.

    See CA command keywords for Recovery Sensor for information about the keywords that can be specified for the CA command.

  5. Submit the job.

    Ensure that the return code is 0.

    If the return code is other than 0, check the write-to-operator (WTO) messages or the messages that are printed in the IROSPRNT data set, and take the appropriate actions by referring to the troubleshooting information.