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Reducing Number of Tape Mounts

To reduce the number of tape mounts required to complete a restore job, CA VM:Backup restores all of the data included in the job from each tape before advancing to the next tape from which data is to be restored. For example, when restoring an SFS file pool, CA VM:Backup restores from a tape any data on the tape belonging to any file space included in the restore before continuing to the next tape in the sequence.

You can reduce the number of tape mounts required to fulfill a restore request still further by including all of the files backed up from one minidisk or directory in the same restore request. When selecting files listed on a restore selection screen, make sure you select all the files that need to be restored before pressing PF9 (Submit) to submit the request to CA VM:Backup for processing.