OPSVIEW Utilities Option › How to Create a Backup Copy of Your Global Variables (Option 7.5) › Use an Alternate Method of Creating a Global Variable Backup

Use an Alternate Method of Creating a Global Variable Backup

OPSVIEW option 7.5 invokes the OPGVBK OPS/REXX program to create the global variable backup copy. You can also call this program from outside of OPSVIEW.

The OPGVBK OPS/REXX program accepts the following positional parameters in the order listed:

• The name of the pre-existing target data set for the backup copy (required)
• An optional CA OPS/MVS subsystem name (the default is OPSS)
• An optional global variable stem name (the default is all global variables)

The following example calls the OPGVBK OPS/REXX program to backup to existing data set MYUID.GV.BACKUP all global variables in subsystem OPSX with a stem name of GLOBAL2:

CALL OPGVBK MYUID.GV.BACKUP,OPSX,GLOBAL2

Note: The OPGVBK OPS/REXX program calls ISPF services. If ISPF is not available in the environment in which you want to call OPGVBK, you may queue a request to have OPGVBK execute in an OSF TSO class server, provided that the OSF TSO class servers are running ISPF. Except for REQ (request) rules, ISPF is not available in an AOF rule environment.

The following example queues a request to have the OPGVBK OPS/REXX program execute in an OSF TSO class server and backup to existing data set MYUID.GLOBAL.BACKUP all global variables in subsystem OPSS:

ADDRESS OSF "OI OPGVBK MYUID.GLOBAL.BACKUP"