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Detaching Your Minidisk

To detach one of your minidisks, enter release vaddr (detach from CMS or on the command line of a CA VM:Backup screen, where vaddr is the virtual address of the minidisk that CA VM:Backup asked you to detach. For example, to detach your 191 minidisk, enter release 191 (detach on the command line of the Respond to VM:Backup screen.

To let CA VM:Backup know that you have complied with the detach request, enter ok in the Command column next to the detach message on the Respond to CA VM:Backup screen.

The OK response can speed up the restore process because it tells CA VM:Backup to start restoring data immediately if you and all other users linked to the minidisk have logged off or detached the minidisk. If you do not enter ok, CA VM:Backup does not start restoring your data until the next time it checks to see whether the minidisk has been detached.

When CA VM:Backup is done with a minidisk, it sends you message 135I:

PROCESSING IS COMPLETE FOR MINIDISK vaddr.

You can now reaccess the minidisk by entering the following commands from CMS or on the command line of a CA VM:Backup screen:

 cp link * vaddr1 vaddr2
 access vaddr2 filemode

In these commands, * represents your user ID, vaddr1 is the virtual address of the minidisk you want to reaccess, vaddr2 is the virtual address at which you want to reaccess vaddr1, and filemode is the filemode at which you want it accessed. For example, to reaccess your 191 minidisk at filemode A, enter the following commands:

cp link * 191 191
access 191 a