Foreman/MVS eliminates the guesswork and data integrity concerns for CICS VSAM forward data recovery.
Foreman/MVS provides systems programmers with the ability to manage and restore data files within the mainframe environment with ease.
Using Foreman/MVS minimizes downtime and business impact following a system failure, saves time and costs through fast recovery of business-critical data and ensures peace of mind by verifying successful data recovery.
Accurate, automated data restore
Foreman/MVS applies updates to restored files so they can be recovered automatically to the point immediately prior to failure
Rapid data recovery
Any number of VSAM datasets/CICS journal files can be restored in a single run, which saves you time so you can restart your business-critical applications faster
Assured data integrity
A fully automated restore capability maintains CICS data integrity and improves CICS uptime; automatically generated control reports verify successful data recovery, and Foreman/MVS compares 'live' files to old, restored and recovered versions, giving complete reassurance to users that products are functioning as they should
Improved system security
Foreman/MVS builds journal files for a specified period that can then be stored safely
Early warning system
Foreman/MVS provides an early warning by detecting when journal files need archiving and uses self-checking routines to verify whether a recovery will produce the desired results