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ARMBHST sample output - Documentation for BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 13.1

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** BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 V13.01.00 BASE- HISTORY FILE MAINTENANCE 02/07/2022 04:44:41 **
** BMC80220I Recovery Management for Db2 V13.01.00 BASE
** BMC80220I BMC AMI Recovery for Db2 V13.01.00 BASE
----------------------------------SUBSYSTEM DEH5------------------------------------
LAST REFERENCE=02/07/2022 03:27:06
DSN=MVSIBA.BMCARM.DEH5.HISTV3
LRECL=216
BSDS=DEH5CAT.BSDS01
Log entries=1721
Most recent RBA=0000000000410EC96FFF DSN=DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG1.XT.D20342.T0320325.A0001746
Oldest RBA=00000000000000000000
Restart RBA=00000000002C1DEB4FFF
ALLOCATION INFORMATION FOR BMCARM.DEH5.HISTV3
Primary allocation : 3
Secondary allocation: 1
Allocation type : CYLS
Number extents : 1
Lrecl : 216
Blksize : 9720
Dsorg : PS
Recfm : FB
Creation date : 2022.012
THERE ARE 0 EMPTY CYLINDER(S) PLUS 0 EMPTY TRACK(S).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
PR=processed by ARMBARC or PACLOG
IX=index names filtered
RT=record types filtered
TS=tablespace names filtered
BMC80660I 1721 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 0000000000410EB09000 - 0000000000410EC96FFF 1 Y N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG1.XT.D20342.T0320325.A0001746 2 Y N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG2.XT.D20342.T0320325.A0001746 3 Y N N N MVSIBA.ARCHIVE3.D20342.T0320325.A0001746 4 Y N N N MVSIBA.ARCHIVE4.D20342.T0320325.A0001746
BMC80660I 1720 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 0000000000410E5BF000 - 0000000000410EB08FFF 1 Y N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG1.XT.D20342.T0320295.A0001745 2 Y N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG2.XT.D20342.T0320295.A0001745 3 Y N N N MVSIBA.ARCHIVE3.D20342.T0320295.A0001745 4 Y N N N MVSIBA.ARCHIVE4.D20342.T0320295.A0001745
BMC80660I 1719 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 0000000000410E431000 - 0000000000410E5BEFFF 1 N N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG1.XT.D20328.T0045594.A0001744 2 N N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG2.XT.D20328.T0045594.A0001744
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...
...
BMC80660I 3 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 00000000000000566000 - 0000000000000056AFFF 1 N N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG1.D14293.T1153473.A0000003
BMC80660I 2 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 00000000000000561000 - 00000000000000565FFF 1 N N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG1.D14293.T1151460.A0000002
BMC80660I 1 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 00000000000000000000 - 00000000000000560FFF 1 N N N N DEH5CAT.ARCHLOG1.D14293.T1149184.A0000001
DSNDB01 DBD01
NO BACKUPS FOUND
DSNDB06 SYSTSCPY BACKUPS
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.LP00.D23.T153521 02/23/2022 15:35:21
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.RP00.D23.T153521 02/23/2022 15:35:21
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.LP00.D04.T132939 02/04/2022 13:29:39
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.RP00.D04.T132939 02/04/2022 13:29:39
DSNDB01 SYSUTILX BACKUPS
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.LP00.D23.T153425 02/23/2022 15:34:27
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.RP00.D23.T153425 02/23/2022 15:34:27
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.LP00.D04.T132826 02/04/2022 13:28:28
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.RP00.D04.T132826 02/04/2022 13:28:28
DSNDB01 SYSDBDXA BACKUPS
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.LP00.D23.T153434 02/23/2022 15:34:34
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.RP00.D23.T153434 02/23/2022 15:34:34
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.LP00.D04.T132836 02/04/2022 13:28:37
RMD.DEH5.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.RP00.D04.T132836 02/04/2022 13:28:37
----------------------------------SUBSYSTEM DEJM------------------------------------
LAST REFERENCE=02/06/2022 10:24:24
DSN=BMCARM.DEJM.HISTV3
LRECL=216
BSDS=DEJMCAT.BSDS01
Log entries=10006
Most recent RBA=000000001519CD072FFF DSN=DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG1.A0060702
Oldest RBA=000000001173E159A000
Restart RBA=000000001519E532AFFF
ALLOCATION INFORMATION FOR BMCARM.DEJM.HISTV3
Primary allocation : 3
Secondary allocation: 1
Allocation type : CYLS
Number extents : 1
Lrecl : 216
Blksize : 9720
Dsorg : PS
Recfm : FB
Creation date : 2022.012
THERE ARE 0 EMPTY CYLINDER(S) PLUS 0 EMPTY TRACK(S).                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
PR=processed by ARMBARC or PACLOG
IX=index names filtered
RT=record types filtered
TS=tablespace names filtered
BMC80660I 10006 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 000000001519B4DBB000 - 000000001519CD072FFF 1 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG1.A0060702 2 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG2.A0060702 3 Y N Y N ARM.DREXT.DEJML3.A0060702 4 Y N Y N ARM.DREXT.DEJML4.A0060702
BMC80660I 10005 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 0000000015199CB03000 - 000000001519B4DBAFFF 1 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG1.A0060701 2 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG2.A0060701 3 Y N Y N ARM.DREXT.DEJML3.A0060701 4 Y N Y N ARM.DREXT.DEJML4.A0060701
BMC80660I 10004 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 0000000015198484B000 - 0000000015199CB02FFF 1 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG1.A0060700 2 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG2.A0060700
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...
...
BMC80660I 3 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 00000000117411B0A000 - 00000000117429DC1FFF 1 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG1.A0050699 2 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG2.A0050699
BMC80660I 2 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 000000001173F9852000 - 00000000117411B09FFF 1 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG1.A0050698 2 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG2.A0050698
BMC80660I 1 ARC PR IX RT TS RBA 000000001173E159A000 - 000000001173F9851FFF 1 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG1.A0050697 2 N N N N DEJMCAT.ARCHLOG2.A0050697
DSNDB01 DBD01 BACKUPS
RMD.DSNDB01.DBD01.LP190813.T145141 02/13/2022 14:51:42
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB01.DBD01.LP00.D13.T172233 02/13/2022 17:22:33
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB01.DBD01.RP00.D13.T172233 02/13/2022 17:22:33
ALP.MR.VR360.DSNDB01.DBD01.LP200306 01/06/2022 17:13:06
RMD.DSNDB01.DBD01.LP201014.T155337 01/14/2022 15:53:38
RMD.DSNDB01.DBD01.LP201125.T104341 01/25/2022 10:43:41
DSNDB06 SYSTSCPY BACKUPS
RMD.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.LP190813.T145601 03/13/2022 14:56:03
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.LP00.D13.T172707 03/13/2022 17:27:08
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.RP00.D13.T172707 03/13/2022 17:27:08
ALP.QA.DEJM.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.G0001V00 02/29/2022 14:45:35
RMD.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.LP201014.T155734 02/14/2022 15:57:36
RMD.DSNDB06.SYSTSCPY.LP201125.T104748 01/25/2022 10:47:51
DSNDB01 SYSUTILX BACKUPS
RMD.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.LP190813.T145139 03/13/2022 14:51:41
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.LP00.D13.T172228 03/13/2022 17:22:33
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.RP00.D13.T172228 03/13/2022 17:22:33
RMD.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.LP201014.T155336 02/14/2022 15:53:37
RMD.DSNDB01.SYSUTILX.LP201125.T104339 01/25/2022 10:43:40
DSNDB01 SYSDBDXA BACKUPS
RMD.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.LP190813.T145211 03/13/2022 14:52:20
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.LP00.D13.T172309 03/13/2022 17:23:19
RMD.DEJM.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.RP00.D13.T172309 03/13/2022 17:23:19
ACM.QA.DEJM.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.LP19266.T215351 03/23/2023 21:54:00
RMD.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.LP201014.T155428 01/14/2022 15:54:36
RMD.DSNDB01.SYSDBDXA.LP201125.T104439 01/25/2022 10:44:48
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The following example of the ARMBHST Report in ARMHISTH DD: 

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** BMC AMI Recovery Manager for Db2 V13.01.00 BASE - HISTORY FILE MAINTENANCE 03/24/2022 08:58:47 **
** BMC80220I Recovery Management for Db2 V13.01.00 BASE
** BMC80220I BMC AMI Recovery for Db2 V13.01.00 BASE
---------------------------------SUBSYSTEM DEHE---------------------------------
DEHE IS STANDALONE DB2 SUBSYSTEM
DEHE.HIST=BMCARM.DEHE.HIST
ALLOCATION INFORMATION FOR BMCARM.DEHE.HIST
Primary allocation : 3
Secondary allocation: 1
Allocation type : CYLS
Number extents : 1
Lrecl : 216
Blksize : 9720
Dsorg : PS
Recfm : FB
Creation date : 2022.012
THERE ARE 0 EMPTY CYLINDER(S) PLUS 0 EMPTY TRACK(S).
                                                                                 
LAST IMAGE COPIES
DSNDB01 DBD01 NO BACKUPS FOUND
DSNDB06 SYSTSCPY NO BACKUPS FOUND
DSNDB01 SYSUTILX NO BACKUPS FOUND
DSNDB01 SYSDBDXA NO BACKUPS FOUND
NOT PROCESSED ARCHIVE3
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000129
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000128
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000127
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000126
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000125
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000124
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000123
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000122
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000121
DEHECAT.ARCLOG1.A0000120                                                                           

Important

  • ALLOCATION INFORMATION report is displayed either on ARMHISTR DD & ARMHISTH DD if HISTORY_FILE REPORT & HISTORY_FILE HEALTH_CHECK are requested respectively.
  • ARMPRINT DD could display any of the following space-related messages depending on the allocation conditions present in the history file:
    BMC80799W HISTORY FILE HAS NO SECONDARY EXTENTS
    BMC80799W HISTORY FILE HIST.FILE.NAME IS EMPTY
    BMC80799E HISTORY FILE ON LAST EXTENT
    BMC80799W HEALTH CHECK ALLOCATION REPORT FAILED FOR HISTORY FILE HIST.FILE.NAME
    BMC80799W HISTORY FILE EXTENTS GREATER THAN 14

The following is the sample output for UNRECOVER_RC in ARMPRINT DD:  

------------------------------------PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM DEJM-----
BMC80799W VERIFY LAST CATALOG/DIRECTORY COPIES MADE ON SAME DAY
BMC80799W SETTING RETURN CODE TO UNRECOVER_RC 5
BMC80799W NOT ALL ARCHIVE3 ARE PROCESSED - SEE DETAIL REPORT
BMC80799W SETTING RETURN CODE TO UNRECOVER_RC 5
BMC80799W MISSING ARCHIVE3 WITHIN LAST 7 DAYS - SEE DETAIL REPORT
BMC80799W SETTING RETURN CODE TO UNRECOVER_RC 5
------------------------------------PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM DEHJ-----
BMC80799W NOT ALL CATALOG/DIRECTORY COPIES EXIST
BMC80799W SETTING RETURN CODE TO UNRECOVER_RC 5
BMC80799W NOT ALL ARCHIVE3 ARE PROCESSED - SEE DETAIL REPORT
BMC80799W SETTING RETURN CODE TO UNRECOVER_RC 5
BMC80571I PROGRAM COMPLETE RC = 5 

The following figure shows the ARMPRINT DD job output for recovering a damaged history file for the attached SSID:

BMC80799I USING PRODUCT OPTION SET ARM$OPTS FROM DATA SET ARM.WIBA1217.CNTL HISTORY_FILE RECOVER MVSARM.DEHE5L4.D20224.T0939323.H0001717 ;
BMC80799I SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED HISTORY FILE FROM MVSARM.DEHE5L4.D20224.T0939323.H0001717
BMC80571I PROGRAM COMPLETE RC = 0
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