About FMS PROC

The commands that can be executed by the FMS PROC are: RECOVER

FMS processes both non-VSAM data sets and VSAM clusters. In its simplest form, the JCL required to use FMS would look like:

//jobname JOB (acct,info),..
//STEP EXEC FMS

FMS command

The objective of adding the FMS PROC to CA Disk was to provide a DSCL-like command language for data set recovery. This PROC provides equivalent functionality available in the original RECOVER PROC, and is equipped with its own palette of commands and parameters.

You also have a rich set of criteria to select data sets for and exclude data sets from processing as desired. CA Disk preprocesses your command stream to find any overlapping requests, that is, those that request processing of the same volumes or catalogs.

To avoid unexpected execution of incomplete or partially bad command strings, the FMS PROC takes no action until all commands have been successfully understood.

To allow for sorted reports, the FMS PROC has separate process, sort and print steps. Sorted reports are also available in simulate mode.