Issuing the ARECOVER command with the EXECUTE parameter

When you are ready to have your data sets actually recovered, issue the ARECOVER command with the EXECUTE parameter. Aggregate recovery automatically performs preparation processing, if required, and verification processing, as described in Issuing the ARECOVER command with the VERIFY parameter. The difference is that after verification processing completes successfully or has encountered only data set name conflicts, then aggregate recovery proceeds to recover your data sets. Aggregate recovery directs all messages to the aggregate recovery activity log.

When processing completes, determine if the ARECOVER command completed successfully with a return code of zero.

If the ARECOVER command has failed, as indicated by a nonzero return code, review the activity log for error messages. Correct any errors, and reissue the ARECOVER command. Repeat this process until the ARECOVER command completes successfully with a return code of zero. The restart data set, created when the ARECOVER command fails, is used when you restart the aggregate recovery. The restart data set ensures that data sets already recovered before the failure will not cause a data set conflict when you reissue the ARECOVER command.