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DUMPJOB Files

DUMPJOB files include the following information:

• Name of the backup job template file used to run the backup
• Date and time the backup job was run
• Submitting user ID
• Date the catalog is scheduled to be automatically condensed
• Date the catalog is scheduled to be automatically discarded
• A pointer to the first tape used on each tape stream
• A pointer to each copy of the first tape
• Pointers to other backup jobs

CA VM:Backup creates one DUMPJOB file for each backup job that generates a catalog. As the catalog structure becomes more complex, the DUMPJOB file keeps track of all related backups; CA VM:Backup needs this information to run incremental backups. Because it maintains pointers to other DUMPJOB files as well as to its own DETAIL and FILEnnnn files, the DUMPJOB file is the basic building block of a CA VM:Backup catalog.