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BACKUP Record-Automatic Time Backup

The BACKUP VMO record sets the time of day when CA ACF2 for VM automatically creates backup copies of its three databases. This record also defines the filenames of the backup copies and the address of the minidisk that contains the backup copies. See the “Backup and Recovery” chapter for complete information about CA ACF2 for VM database recovery and the automatic backup facility.

Fields

AUTOLOG(null|machine id)

Specifies the user ID of the postbackup service machine. This machine is autologged after any successfully completed backup, whether invoked automatically or by the ACFSERVE command.

DDSNID(BACKUP|ddsngrp)

Specifies the name of the @DDSN macro where the filenames of the backup databases are obtained. The default is BACKUP.

MDISK(195|ccuu)

Specifies the address of the minidisk where the backup copies reside. You must access this minidisk in read and write mode when the automatic backup process begins. The default is the 195 minidisk.

NOTIFY(OPERATOR|user1,...,user16)

Sends messages about backup processing to a list of logonids. These messages are sent when backup starts, ends, or terminates with an error. You can specify multiple logonids using commas as separators. The default is OPERATOR.

TIME(00:01|time1,...,time16)

Indicates the time of day when the backup is started. You can specify up to 16 time‑of‑day values in a 24‑hour format, separated by commas (for example, TIME(00:01,12:01)). The default is (00:01). Use TIME(00:00) to prevent automatic backups. You can also start backup processing with the ACFSERVE BACKUP command. When you specify NOBACKUP to the ACF2 startup prompt, automatic backups are suppressed.

SHOW Subcommand

The SHOW BACKUP subcommand displays the backup options currently in effect.