File Selection Screen Information

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File Selection Screen Information

CA VM:Backup displays the following information on the file selection screen:

File Name Component.

This column displays one of the following:

File name component: CA VM:Backup displays the file name component and encloses it in single quotes ('). If the file name component is longer than 30 characters, CA VM:Backup truncates the file name component name and appends an ellipsis (...); the trailing quote is not displayed. For information about viewing the complete file name component, see Viewing File Links.
** No Detail **: Names of individual files on the directory are not available to be displayed because the catalog has only domain-level detail. If you select this descriptor, CA VM:Backup asks you to specify the names of the files you want to restore. For instructions on specifying such files, see Restoring BFS Files With No Detail Information.
** Encrypted **: This directory was encrypted when it was backed up. For instructions on restoring from an encrypted backup, see Restoring From an Encrypted Backup

Ref#

This column lists the directory reference number for the directory. CA VM:Backup creates a unique reference number (four digits) to identify each directory displayed on the screen. For information about viewing the full directory pathname, see Viewing File Links.

Last Revised

This column specifies the date and time the file was created or last edited.

Lk

This column specifies the number of links the file had at the time of the backup. Each link represents another way you identify the same file, that is, different file name components and full directory pathnames for the same file. For more information, see Viewing File Links.

Size

This column specifies the number of bytes in a file for a BFS regular file. For other BFS objects, this column lists one of the following:

C
E - External link
L - Symbolic link
P - Named pipe

Character special files and external links have a secondary code.

For character special files, the secondary code indicates the device number associated with the file. It can be one of the following:

3 - /dev/tty
4 - /dev/null

For external links, the secondary code indicates the type of external link associated with the file. It can be one of the following:

1 - CMSEXEC
2 - CMSDATA
3 - MOUNT
nnn - CODE (where nnn is a user-defined code with a value of 100-200)

Backup Date/Time

This column specifies the date and time of the backup job in which the data was backed up.

At

This column contains attributes assigned to the file by CA VM:Backup when it was backed up. CA VM:Backup displays an M in the At column if a file was in migrated status when it was backed up. When a file is migrated, the SFS catalog contains information about the file, but the file's data no longer resides in SFS. If you select to restore this file, CA VM:Backup restores the file in migrated status.