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Job Processing

By default, CA VM:Backup processes jobs in the order they arrive at the job queue. The MULT configuration file record controls the total number of jobs and the number of each type of job CA VM:Backup can process concurrently.

You can change the order in which CA VM:Backup processes jobs, and you can restrict CA VM:Backup processing to one job, regardless of MULT record specifications. To change the order in which CA VM:Backup processes jobs, you can:

• Make a particular job a priority job using the PRIORITY option on the SUBMIT command or the JOBOPTIONS TPI record. A priority job is submitted at the top of the job queue, after any other priority jobs already in the job queue.
• Change the order of the jobs in the job queue using the ORDER command.

To restrict CA VM:Backup processing to one job, use the EXCLUSIVE option on the SUBMIT command or the JOBOPTIONS TPI record to make the job exclusive. CA VM:Backup does not start an exclusive job until previous jobs have completed and does not start other jobs until the exclusive job completes.