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Track Overflow Data Sets

Because VBACKUP uses the EXCP access method, it is not able to back up track overflow data sets. If CA Disk encounters a track overflow data set on the volume you are backing up during VBACKUP processing, it will bypass the data set, issue a message and continue processing.

If the track overflow data set is updated following the most recent VBACKUP run, it can be restored during VRECOVER if the UPDATE parameter is specified. However, if the data set has not been updated since the last VBACKUP run, it will not be recovered during VRECOVER processing and must be restored explicitly from a previous data set-level backup copy.