Tape Mounting

The following describes the tape mount process with and without CA VM:Backup being interfaced with CA VM:Tape:

If CA VM:Backup is not interfaced with CA VM:Tape:
- CA VM:Backup selects the physical tapes to mount for backup and MPC jobs and issues requests for physical tapes to mount for restore and REINIT jobs.
- If no tapes are available for a particular backup or MPC job, CA VM:Backup may ask the tape operator to provide the volser of a tape to use.
If CA VM:Backup is interfaced with CA VM:Tape:
- CA VM:Tape manages all CA VM:Backup tape selection and mount requests for jobs.
- Tape operators will not be asked to specify the volser of a specific tape; CA VM:Tape facilities handle all tape selections automatically.