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Overview

Topics include:

• An overview of CA VM:Backup restore jobs, including descriptions of restore job processing, types of restores jobs, and restore processing order
• How CA VM:Backup links minidisks during restore jobs and handles errors that occur during restore jobs
• How CA VM:Backup restores:
  • CMS files and minidisks
  • SFS data
  • BFS data
  • Data backed up in CMSALLOC format
  • Data backed up in physical format
  • Data from a recomputed minidisk
  • Encrypted data
  • Entire DASD volumes
  • Data to an alternate DASD volume
• Suggestions for improving restore processing efficiency
• Descriptions of the actions CA VM:Backup performs when a restore job terminates, normally or abnormally

For information about creating restore job template, exception, and exclusion files through TPI, see the Template Programming Interface Guide. For detailed information about the steps involved in creating these files through system administrator screens and submitting a request to restore data for an end user, see the Administration Guide. For a description of how to use end user screens to restore data, see the User Guide.