Concurrent Recovery

Concurrent recovery facilitates the recovery of multiple media sets using concurrent recovery sessions. Multiple media sets are typically created when you perform backups using parallel device resources. The saved objects on one media set can be restored concurrently on one session, while the objects on another media set are recovered using another session, provided you have sufficient device resources.

The following step is added to the recovery report if there is more than one media set used in the recovery. Information in the step includes:

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 __ STEP 012 : Recover Media Sets Concurrently                                                        
    Start date/time __________________  Stop date/time __________________  Duration _________________ 
        The recovery includes objects saved on multiple media sets having the                         
        following beginning volume identifiers:                                                       
             HPK601 HPK620 LN4071 LN4074 LN4384 MJVT01 MJV21  872ACV 873ACV                           
        You can recover these objects using concurrent sessions using the                             
        submit to batch function on the recovery. You are not required to run                         
        concurrent sessions, however this could save you time on recovery.                            
        If you do not want to use the concurrent restores, then skip to the                           
        next recovery step in the report.                                                             
        To set up concurrent sessions the following needs to be done:                                 
           a) Put all scheduled jobs on hold.  You can achieve this by doing the following:           
                -STRSBS QSYSWRK                                                                       
                -WRKJOBSCDE and select option 3 for each scheduled job to put all                     
                 scheduled jobs on hold.                                                              
                NOTE: If you are using a different job scheduler, then the process to hold jobs will  
                 be different and the WRKJOBSCDE command will not show the jobs to hold.              
           b) Setup the job queue to handle multiple batch jobs.                                      
            - Run a CHGJOBQE on the job queue that will be receiving the batch jobs and               
             set MAXACT and all MAXPTY* parameters to the number of concurrent restores               
             that are to be ran.  These will have to be reset to the original values                  
             when the restores are complete.                                                          
           c) Run the following subsystem steps:                                                      
            - Start the subsystem that handles batch processing.                                      
            - End subsystem Q1ABRMNET if it starts.                                                   
           d) Type the following recovery command steps:                                              
            - STRRCYBRM OPTION(*SYSTEM) ACTION(*RESTORE) and press "Enter".                           
                1.  Enter *VOLSET for "Select action" parameter and enter the volume id               
                from the list of beginning volumes into the "Select volume" parameter.                
                2.  Press F16, this will select all the recovery items with that volume set.          
                3.  Press F14 to submit the recovery to batch.                             
           Repeat the following steps for each volume set you wish to recover from:        
           - STRRCYBRM OPTION(*RESUME)                                                     
                1.  Enter *VOLSET for "Select action" parameter and enter the volume id     
                from the list of beginning volumes into the "Select volume" parameter.      
                2.  Press F16, this will select all the recovery items with that volume set.
                3.  Press F14 to submit the recovery to batch.                                           
           -----  Attention  ---------------------------------------------------                     
           Press F9 on the Select Recovery Items display to go to the Restore                        
           Command Defaults display.                                                                 
           __ Ensure the tape device name or media library device name is                            
              correct for the Device prompt.                                                         
           __ Ensure *SAVLIB is specified for the Restore to library prompt.                         
           __ Ensure *SAVASP is specified for the Auxiliary storage pool prompt.                     
           If you are recovering to a different system or a different logical                        
           partition, you must specify the following:                                                
           __ *ALL for the Data base member option prompt.                                           
           __ *COMPATIBLE for the Allow object differences prompt.                                   
           __ *NONE for the System resource management prompt.                                       
           __ Select *NEW for Restore spooled file data to recover saved                             
              spooled files concurrently with restored output queues.                                
           Press "Enter" to return to the Select Recovery Items display.                             
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           e) Use the WRKSBMJOB to monitor the restores that have been submitted                     
             to batch and check for errors/successes.                                                
           NOTE:  Ensure there are sufficient recovery devices to handle the amount                  
           of concurrent restore jobs.                                                               
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To run concurrent recovery:

  1. Establish another session on the recovery system.
  2. Issue the STRRCYBRM *RESUME command.
  3. On the Select Recovery Job display, use option 6 to start concurrent recovery with the main recovery session.
                                Select Recovery Job                      RCHAS400   
                                                                                    
     No recovery items exist for the current job. Either                            
     cancel the request, select a previus recovery job,                             
     or request concurrent recovery with another job.                               
                                                                                    
     Type option, press Enter.                                                      
       1=Select   4=Remove   6=Concurrent                                           
                                                                                    
                       Job       Job                                                
    Opt  User          Name      Number   Date     Time                             
     6   QSECOFR       DSP01     004883   8/27/05   7:48:13                         
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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     F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel                                              
    The Select Recovery Items display shows the remaining recovery items for the system not yet selected for recovery.
  4. Select recovery items you intend to recover from this session. You can use F16 to select by volume or volume set. The select recovery items will be reassigned to the current job and make them ineligible for recovery by the other job. When all the selected items are recovered, you are returned to the Select Recovery Job display where you can once again select the concurrent recovery job and select additional recovery items.


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