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Manual Recovery

If the Security File is lost or damaged and your site is not using the automatic backup feature follow this procedure.

To manually recover the security file

1. Enter:

   STOP TSS
   

   CA Top Secret stops.

2. Manually restore the backup copy of the security file with the JCL procedure:

   TSSRESTN

   Allocates new space on DASD and restores a file from tape to the newly allocated DASD space.

3. Enter:

   START TSS
   

   CA Top Secret restarts.

4. Enter the O/S MODIFY command:

   F TSS,RECOVER(OFF)
   

   The RECOVER control option is turned OFF to avoid duplication of TSS commands.

5. The TSSRCVR1 JCL reads the security file time stamp and retrieves changes from the recovery file after that time. This prevents duplicate updates. If it is necessary to override the time stamp, add the TIME and DATE in the EXEC PARM field before executing TSSRCVR1. To execute TSSRCVR1, enter:

   START TSSRCVR1
   

6. Enter:

   START TSSRCVR2
   

   The changes are applied to the security file. Your security file is recovered.