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CHECKDISK Record

Use the CHECKDISK record to identify the virtual address of the minidisk that is to store checkpoint data during job processing. The CA VM:Backup restart recovery facility uses checkpoint data to restart jobs that were interrupted by abnormal system termination or that were placed on hold during processing and then released.

CHECKDISK vaddr [nn[%]]

The restart recovery minidisk must be a CMS reserved minidisk formatted at 4K-byte blocks. There can be only one restart recovery minidisk, and you cannot use it for any other purpose.

Definitions

vaddr

Specifies the virtual address of the checkpoint minidisk. Valid addresses are 100 to 1EF.

nn [%]

Specifies the threshold at which CA VM:Backup is to begin issuing warning messages indicating the amount of minidisk space used. Valid percentages are 1 through 99.

Description

You can include only one CHECKDISK record in the VMBACKUP CONFIG file. The default is CHECKDISK 1D1 80%.

Preparing the Minidisk

To prepare the minidisk at virtual address 1D1, enter the following CMS commands:

format 1d1 k (blksize 4K
reserve check point k

Interactive Reconfiguration

You cannot interactively reconfigure the CHECKDISK record through CA VM:Backup system administrator screens.