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Abnormal Job Termination

When an abnormal job termination occurs, CA VM:Backup:

1. Detaches all minidisks, tape drives, virtual printers, and virtual punches used in the job
2. Erases any new catalog entries from the catalog minidisk
3. Erases checkpoint data for the job from the restart recovery minidisk (CHECKDISK)
4. If a keyword data report was created, erases the report and creates a new report indicating that the job was canceled
5. Sends a message to the operator explaining why the job terminated abnormally
6. Returns reports to the submitting user ID (if the job was an end user or special SFS or BFS restore request), or to the user ID specified under Report Guidelines or on the REPORT record in the job template
7. If the job so specifies, issues the JOBEND command
8. If the job so specifies, erases the backup job template, exception, and exclusion files

The tapes used in the job remain available for use by other backup jobs even though the expiration dates in the tape labels may have been changed and no longer match the dates in the pool.

If you use CA VM:Tape, a rollback order is sent to CA VM:Tape for each tape volume that was used in the job. This resets the CA VM:Tape TMC entry for the volumes back to their state before the job started.