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VMBSCAN Utility

Use the VMBSCAN utility to scan data backed up on physical tapes created without encryption and produce a report on the files, minidisks, file spaces, directories, and abstract domains backed up to a particular tape.

Only domain-level information is provided for minidisks backed up in CMSALLOC or physical format.

Follow these steps:

  1. Mount the tape that needs to be scanned on a tape drive defined at virtual address 181.
  2. Enter vmbscan.
  3. VMBSCAN asks you to specify whether the report should contain file- or domain-level detail:
    1. Type f to list the files backed up from each domain as well as the domains themselves.
    2. Type d to list only the domains backed up to that tape. A request for domain-level detail takes much less time to process because VMBSCAN does not have to identify the individual filenames.
  4. When the tape is ready, press ENTER to start VMBSCAN. If you decide not to run the utility, enter end.