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TAPEPROT Record

If your site allows expired CA VM:Backup tapes to be reused by an OS system, use the TAPEPROT record to specify the tape data set security code to use.

If the Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) or an equivalent security system is installed on the OS system and the volume is identified to that security system, the setting of the tape data set security byte is ignored.

Important! When CA VM:Backup uses a tape, the setting of the security byte is also ignored. Tapes used by CA VM:Backup are protected by expiration date and owner.

TAPEPROT {PASSWORD | NOPSWD | NOPWREAD}

Definitions

PASSWORD

Indicates that CA VM:Backup tape data sets are password protected against all access. This is the default setting.

NOPSWD

Indicates that CA VM:Backup tape data sets are not password protected against read or write access.

NOPWREAD

Indicates that CA VM:Backup tape data sets are password protected against write (update) access. Read requests are allowed without a password.

Description

You can include only one TAPEPROT record in the VMBACKUP CONFIG file. The default is TAPEPROT PASSWORD.

Interactive Reconfiguration

You can dynamically edit the TAPEPROT record on the Define Tape Handling Options screen. The screen path is:

  1. System Administrator Main Menu
  2. Manage Configuration Options
  3. Define Tape Handling Options