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Volume Serial Number Ranges in the VMF

Volume serial ranges that are retrieved from the remote backup servers must be defined to CA TLMS and must be marked as AGENT tapes. Use the following command to mark tapes:

UPV volser AGENT=Y
volser

The volume serial number to be updated.

Use the ranges for distributed systems only and do not share with mainframe applications. Ensure that the same volume serial number ranges are not used by different distributed backup systems.

Note: DTS tapes are also referred to as Agent tapes.