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TAPEPOOL Files

If you are using DASDtapes or if CA VM:Backup is not interfaced with CA VM:Tape, resource pools are stored as CMS files on the resource pool minidisk, POOLDISK, whose default virtual address is 1C0. The filenames are the names of the resource pools; the filetype is TAPEPOOL. CA VM:Backup reads the files during initialization and updates them at the successful completion of any job that used tapes from the pool or added tapes to it. Resource pool management is completely automated by CA VM:Backup. Normally, you should never have to update a TAPEPOOL file manually.

Note: For more information about defining a resource pool minidisk, see POOLDISK Record.