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Scheduling Libraries and Other Production Libraries

Back up the following datasets at regular intervals, so that they are available if needed:

These libraries, used by Control‑M, must be backed up together. Perform this backup just after the New Day procedure has ended OK.

This backup is important because it reflects a picture of the production environment just before production begins. If a production application must be run again (for example, because a programming error entered corrupt data in the database) the backup can be used to reconstruct the environment.

An alternative solution is to utilize the History Jobs file. During New Day processing, jobs that ended OK or expired (according to job scheduling definition parameters) are deleted from the Active Jobs file. If these jobs are placed in the History Jobs file during New Day processing, they can be easily restored (by request) to the Active Jobs file for subsequent restart.

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Safeguarding MVS, JES, Exits and Other Definitions