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Need BRMS Recovery Analysis Report examples

I'm testing some software that parses BRMS reports, and I need several real-world examples of the recovery analysis report from multiple versions of the OS.  

Can anyone help?

STRRCYBRM OPTION(*SYSTEM) ACTION(*REPORT)

Result is spooled file QP1ARCY - easiest thing I know to do is just pull it down by exporting to a text file in Navigator.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
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Any chance of auditing a job running STRRCYBRM to see object locks, open files, etc., to see if data can be extracted in other ways?

I don't have the product, so no real help here.

Tom
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Tom,

Good suggestion.

Doesn't look difficult to get info from the BRMS database files, but this is an existing product being ported from AIX, and already has a report parser with a parsing template already built for BRMS.  Client also needs to archive the formatted audit report, so the report has to be produced one way or the other.

No significant benefit in redesign or rework at this stage of the project.

Just looking to stir up some additional analysis reports for testing purposes.  

- Gary
...but this is an existing product being ported from AIX, and already has a report parser with a parsing template already built for BRMS.

Okay, a really bad idea popped into mind. (Even bad ideas can spark better thoughts.)

If the underlying data can be extracted, it's plausible that custom reports could be generated that match BRMS report formatting. Perhaps it could even be generated using BRMS printer files to ensure some compatibility. A parsing tool shouldn't care about origins as much as the validity of the data.

Following that thought in a potentially more useful direction, do you know if the reports are created with externally-described printer files? If the report formats stay stable, various BRMS releases could possibly be ignored.

Tom
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No thanks needed. If it didn't hook my imagination, "bad ideas" wouldn't come up on their own. If nothing else, it's pretty sure it'll be an interesting problem when posted y you.

Tom
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