Printing the Recovery Reports

To print the reports, perform the following steps:

1. Type STRRCYBRM at any command line and press F4 to prompt the Start Recovery using BRM display.

                         Start Recovery using BRM (STRRCYBRM)                    
                                                                                 
    Type choices, press Enter.                                                   
                                                                                 
    Option . . . . . . . . . . . . .   *SYSTEM       *SYSTEM, *ALLDLO, *ALLUSR...
    Action . . . . . . . . . . . . .   *REPORT       *REPORT, *RESTORE           
    Time period for recovery:                                                    
      Start time and date:                                                       
      Beginning time . . . . . . . .   *AVAIL        Time, *AVAIL                
      Beginning date . . . . . . . .   *BEGIN        Date, *CURRENT, *BEGIN      
      End time and date:                                                         
      Ending time  . . . . . . . . .   *AVAIL        Time, *AVAIL                
      Ending date  . . . . . . . . .   *END          Date, *CURRENT, *END        
    Use save files . . . . . . . . .   *YES          *YES, *NO                   
    Use TSM  . . . . . . . . . . . .   *YES          *YES, *NO                   
    ASP device:                                                                  
      From system  . . . . . . . . .   *LCL                                      
      Auxiliary storage pool . . . .   *ALL          Name, *ALL                  
      Objects  . . . . . . . . . . .   *ALL          *ALL, *LIB, *LNK            
                  + for more values                                              
                                                                          More...
   F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F10=Additional parameters   F12=Cancel     
   F13=How to use this display        F24=More keys                              

2. Press F9 to get a complete list of fields. Make sure that the value Option field is *SYSTEM, and that the value in the Action field is *REPORT.
3. Press Enter to generate the reports.
4. Print the reports from the output queue. If you like, you can use the Work with Spooled Files (WRKSPLF) command to view the reports before printing them. The reports generate three corresponding spooled files, from which you can print the reports:
   • QP1ARCY: Recovering Your Entire System
   • QP1A2RCY: Recovery Volume Summary Report
   • QP1AASP: Display ASP Information

These reports are very important to a successful recovery. To ensure that the tapes and reports you need are available at all times, it is critical that you perform the following steps:

• Print an updated series of reports after the completion of each save (or at least once per day).
• You should make duplicate copies of each backup volume and attach copies of the latest reports to them.
• Distribute copies of the tapes and reports to each System i location that participates in the saves.
• You should always store at least one copy of the tapes and reports at an off-site location.