Introduction to the repository utility program, DFHBARUP

There may be times when you need to examine records on a repository. This may be necessary for diagnostic purposes, for example.

You can use the repository utility program, DFHBARUP, to print selected records from a specified repository data set.

The repository utility program, DFHBARUP

By default, DFHBARUP prints all the records currently on the specified repository. Thus, you could use it to take a "snapshot" of your BTS system9 at the time the utility is run. Bear in mind that the state of a repository may change from moment to moment--especially if it is shared across a busy sysplex. For example, records for new processes and activities may be added constantly; conversely, as processes complete and events are deleted their associated records will disappear from the repository.

DFHBARUP allows you to filter selected records--you could, for example, print only the records associated with a specific process. Doing so would give you the current state of:

Alternatively, you could print only the records associated with a specific activity. Doing so would give you the current state of:

DFHBARUP formats the records it extracts, to make them easier to interpret.

Related concepts
Recovery and restart in BTS
Related tasks
Using DFHBARUP
Defining BTS data sets
Defining repository files to the CSD

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If you have more than one repository, it will be a snapshot of the processes served by the specified repository.

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