DBRC automatically performs the following tasks:
Records and manages information about logs for IMS
Records recovery information in the RECON data set
Verifies that database utilities have the correct input
Controls the recovery of databases that are registered with DBRC
Controls the access authorization information for the control and serialization of shared databases
You can perform the following tasks and more when you initiate them by passing commands or requests to DBRC:
Start or stop the DBRC application programming interface (API)
Record recovery information in the RECON data set
Generate JCL for various IMS utilities and generate user-defined output
List general information in the RECON data set
Gather specific information from the RECON data set