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CATVMFX Restrictions

If you plan to remove volume ranges from the old VMF, observe the following restrictions:

• The volser range must be in scratch status and all chaining records must be broken and cleared.
• TLMSXUPD user exits that open the VMF for record processing, process CLOSE calls from TLMSUPDT. CATVMFX requires the successful deallocation of the old VMF to complete. If you use a custom TLMSXUPD exit, contact CA Support to review your exit.
• Do not run PROC CATTRS during the VMF extend.
• Do not run batch jobs because CATVMFX has to wait for the jobs to complete before dropping the old VMF.
• Ensure that no volume ranges are defined in a range statement in the CTOSCRnn member of CTAPOPTN, if you use the scratch subpooling feature to remove volume ranges.