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Recomputed Minidisks

A recomputed minidisk is one that has been formatted with the RECOMP option of the CMS FORMAT command. The most common reason for using RECOMP is to reserve an IPL area untouched by the CMS file system. When CA VM:Backup detects a recomputed minidisk, it separates the CMS and recomputed areas, performs a logical backup of all the CMS files, then performs a physical backup of the recomputed portion.

CA VM:Backup can restore individual files, the recomputed area, or both. Because the recomputed area is physically backed up, the restore of this minidisk is device-dependent.