Define Restore Missions

There are two supplied restore mission definitions that you can use. For many sites, no other definitions are required. We recommend that when you are creating new restore mission definitions, you use the CLIST CTDCRMIS. This CLIST will automatically create a restore mission definition and a restore skeleton job for you, according to the parameters you supply.

You can also define the restore mission parameters online using the Control-D Mission Definition facility screens (Option M in the IOA Primary Option menu). The definitions that you create are saved in the Control-D restore missions library. Note that because the definitions are saved in a partitioned dataset (PDS), you should ensure that the PDS is backed up regularly in case you lose your definitions due to some type of system error.

In this section, we will offer recommendations on specific parameters that you will define in your restore mission definitions. Below is a summary of the information that you will specify. We have split the information into four distinct steps. For a detailed explanation, see the printing, backup and restore mission parameters chapter in the Control-D and Control-V User Guide.

We will use this four-step guide to explain how to define restore missions. Each step corresponds to a particular category of the restore mission parameters:

1. General mission information (General parameters).
2. When to schedule the mission (Basic Scheduling parameters).
3. When to execute the mission (Runtime Scheduling parameters).
4. What to do upon termination of the mission (Post-Processing parameters).

Restore Mission Parameters Definition Screen

---- CONTROL-D CATEGORY                      RST MISSION RST0060M --------(M.S)

COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL===> CRSR

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   CATEGORY                                   MISSION                        

   OWNER    M90           TASKTYPE RST        GROUP                           

   DESC                                                                       

   ===========================================================================

   DAYS                                                          DCAL         

                                                                      AND/OR  

   WDAYS                                                         WCAL         

   MONTHS  1- Y 2- Y 3- Y 4- Y 5- Y 6- Y 7- Y 8- Y 9- Y 10- Y 11- Y 12- Y     

   DATES                                                                     

   CONFCAL          SHIFT   RETRO N MAXWAIT 00                                

   MINIMUM          PDS                                                      

   ===========================================================================

   IN                                                                        

   TIME FROM      TO      NOT LATER THAN      PRIORITY    INTERVAL            

   ===========================================================================

   OUT                                                                        

   SHOUT WHEN                                      TO                   URGN  

    MSG                                                                       

======= >>>>>>> END OF RESTORE MISSION PARAMETERS OF THIS CATEGORY <<<<<< =====

PLEASE FILL IN MISSION PARAMETERS. USE "SHPF" TO SEE PFK DEFINITION     15.15.36