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Processing of MPC Jobs

When an MPC job starts, CA VM:Backup:

1. Verifies that the submitting user ID is an authorized client.
2. Scans the MPC job definition to make sure it is a valid TEMPLATE file and that the resource pools specified in the job template file are defined in the VMBACKUP CONFIG file and are available.
3. Mounts the first input tape and starts reading the data on the tape.
4. Determines what data that was read from the input tape is to be copied and to which output tape group that data is to be written.
5. Mounts the first output tape for each of the output tape groups.
6. Writes the data to copy to the output tape in the appropriate output tape group.
7. Continues reading data from input tapes, determining what data to copy, and writing data to the appropriate output tape group.